Irish Civil War
It became the General Headquarters for the forces of the Irish Free State in County Donegal during the Irish Civil War.
It is infamous for being the location of the Drumboe massacre during the Irish Civil War. On 14 March 1923, four anti-Treaty IRA fighters, Charles Daly (26), Sean Larkin (26), Daniel Enwright (23), and Timothy O' Sullivan (23), who had been captured and held in the castle since January, were summarily shot in retaliation for the death of a National Army soldier in an ambush.
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