MacDermott's Castle

Sitting up an island amidst the Lough Key, the Lake of Ce, stand the ruins of an old castle. The lake bares the name, or so legend has it, of the druid Ce who dwelt in the bottoms; when the lake formed around him, he refused to leave, and was drowned by it. Ever after it was called the Lough Key, the Lake of Ce.

Many islands dot the lake, but only one able to house a castle, and there sits MacDermott's. It was occupied for a great many years until war overtook it. When in 1235 Richard de Burgo drove the last of the lords of Connacht to heal he did so upon Castle Island. He fielded an army of over 500 knights and the set a catapult upon a raft and tried to fire the castle from afar. Failing this they stacked wood high on boats and pushed them up against the castle's walls, or least as close as they would go. The fire burned so hot that it forced the defenders to lay down arms.

But it stands today, a testament to the iron will of warlords from ages past!