The old Cliff Baths can be found at the end of the promenade along the beach, it was built on the rocks in 1850 by one of the Orme family, a local landlord. Not long after it was built it was badly damaged in a hurricane.
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The Castle that stands there today is an early 17th century castle built mainly for comfortable living accommodation rather then for defence, although it is semi-fortified as you can tell from the windows; but the story begins long before the 17th century. The O’Caoimhins (Cavanaghs or Keaveneys) had their chief residence at Inniscrone as seniors of the race of Fiachra, although O’Dowdas were the overlords of the district, and it is evident that the O’Dowdas taken Inniscrone from the Cavanaghs from time to time.
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The Ruins of Valentines church can be found near the O’Dowda Castle
(Enniscrone Castle) in Enniscrone.
Very little is known about it. Built in the style of the sixteenth
century cut stone; it is called after the Rev. Thomas Valentine who was
rector of the union of Frankford. He became rector in 1712 and died in
1765, aged 90. There is a tombstone set in the inner wall of the
church, erected to his memory by the then Bishop of Killala (Church of
Ireland) William Cecil Perry in 1781.
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The Enniscrone black pig is a myth that has been around for hundreds of years. It goes something like this:
The Black pig was a huge boar with large bristles that were poisonous, and anyone who touched these bristles would die. He came from the water on to the Enniscrone shore.
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