It is located near the town of Crossmolina, County Mayo, in Ireland Deel Castle is a 16th-century tower house of the Bourkes which is close to the northern end of Lough Conn.
After Colonel Thomas Bourke had fought on the side of King James II & VII in the Williamite Wars, the property was forfeited and given to the Gore family, afterwards Earls of Arran, who renamed it Castle Gore.
[1] The tower house had a large 18th-century wing with a rusticated doorway added to it; possibly incorporating a 17th-century range.
[citation needed] The castle, along with other lands, was leased to James Cuff, Lord Tyrawley, towards the end of the 18th century.
James Cuff, Lord Tyrawley, built a house beside the old Bourke castle in 1791.