Blake's Castle

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Blake's Castle (Irish: Caisléan an Bhlácaigh) is an urban tower house built around 1470. The castle was used as the Galway County Gaol from 1686 to 1810. It is located on Quay Street in Galway City, Ireland. The castle is one of the two surviving fortified town houses in Galway city owned by the Tribes of Galway, the other being Lynch's Castle.

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