Tully Castle

54°27′29″N7°48′22″W/ 54.458°N 7.806°W/54.458; -7.806

Tully Castle(Irish:Caisleán na Tulaímeaning "castle on the hill" ) is acastlesituated inCounty Fermanagh,Northern Ireland,near the village ofBlaney,on Blaney Bay on the southern shore of LowerLough Erne.The Blaney area takes its name from SirEdward Blaney,who was among the English advance party sent to Fermanagh to organise thePlantation.

Tully Castle was built for Sir John Hume, a Scottish planter. During theIrish Rebellion of 1641,the rebel soldierRory Maguireset out to recapture his family’s lands. He arrived at Tully Castle with a large following on Christmas Eve, and found the castle full of women and children. Most of the men were away. Lady Mary Hume surrendered the Castle, believing that she had assured a safe conduct for all in her care, but on Christmas Day the Maguires killed 60 women and children and 15 men, sparing only the Humes. The castle was burnt and the Humes never returned.

Tully Castle and village site are State Care Historic Monuments sited in thetownlandof Tully, inFermanagh District Councilarea, at grid ref: H1267 5664.^[1]

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^"Tully Castle"(PDF).Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 July 2012.Retrieved3 December2007.

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See Bill Wilsdon's "Plantation Castles on the Erne" for additional information on this and other castles in the Erne region.

[1] "Tully Castle"(PDF).Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 July 2012.Retrieved3 December2007.

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