Thoor Ballylee
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| Architects | The Septs de Burgo |
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| Provinces | Connaught |
| Owners | William Butler Yeats |
| Locations | County Galway |
| Ireland | |
| Architectural styles | Hiberno-Norman tower house |
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| ID | 3030870 |
About Thoor Ballylee
Thoor Ballylee Castle is a fortified, 15th century Hiberno-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as Yeats' Tower because it was once owned and inhabited by the poet William Butler Yeats.