Castlebaldwin lies on the western shores of Lough Arrow. Its neighbours Boyle and Collooney are situated on each side of the village. This region is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful in Ireland and has captured the imagination of many artists and poets.

Castlebaldwin Manor House, dating from the 17th century, is visible from the village. The house consists of a small two-storey L-plan house has few defensive features. The rectangular main block has two high gables with their chimneystacks intact. Local folklore says that a Captain Baldwin, a soldier of Cromwell, owned the castle, on returning from a hunting trip one day, he found his castle burnt down by his servants who had fled into the Bricklieve Mountains.

Heapstown is the largest cairn in Ireland outside of the Boyne Valley at over 60m in diameter.

Heritage Houses

For info on Castlebaldwin Manor click here

Greenways Festival 2003

Castlebaldwin is talking part in the Greenways Festival in summer 2003 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the legendary 1603 march of O’Sullivan Beara from the Beara Peninsula to the Breifne area. Click here for info on the events