Cloonacauneen castle is one of Galway’s best known Tower Houses rising up to over fifty feet in ivy splendor above the lonely peaty plains of the Curraghline, its floor plan of thirty-one feet sets it regally among its limestone peers, although many have crumbled away with the passage of time. Its stony spiral staircase leads up from the former storage room at ground level to the ancient kitchen area, above again the master bedroom, and higher up to the main banqueting hall, where guests such as Gernon were wined and dined. These main rooms occupied a third of the building, with the rest assigned to lowly servants and defence personnel.