Lower Lough Erne series
Tully Castle
This place has a sad story to tell:
(from Wikipedia)
"Tully Castle is a fortified house with a rectangular bawn and was built for Sir John Hume, a Scottish planter, in 1619. The bawn had four rectangular corner towers. During the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Rory Maguire set 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 went back."
The cache
While visiting we decided this place needs a cache. After your visit to the castle head round the back for a QEF
This cache will be part of our Lower Lough Erne series which will pick out some of the handy rest-stops around the Lough.
FTF badge is in the cache!