John Daly was telling us about Rathrobin Castle near Mountbolus which was owned by Danny Scully until his death about twenty years ago.Johnny Mahon bought the farm and castle at that time.The castle had a coffin in the rafters of a loft which had remained untouched for a long time. Johnny decided to remove the coffin and asked the police to attend.Detective John Duncan was a witness as the coffin was taken down and opened. Inside they found an amount of bones and skulls.It is reckoned that the contents belonged to people that died in the fields during the Great Famine of 1845 and that later their skulls and bones were tidied up and placed in the coffin. The mystery is that the coffin was placed in the loft.
The castle is mentioned in the list of castles in Offaly in the Offaly Historical Society webpages and they have not included Rachra Castle.Dont you feel left out.? Dont worry the Four Masters give us a mention around 1557.