[1] It was besieged by Captain John Dowdall's troops at the start of 1594 and fell on 2 February after a short siege, when the occupants were massacred after they surrendered.

Cole remodelled and refurbished the castle adding the riverside tower at the south, known as the Watergate, in 1609.

[4] The regiment moved to purpose-built facilities at St Lucia Barracks, Omagh in 1875[5] and evolved, after amalgamation, to become the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1881.

[6] The barracks continued to be used by other regiments and, from November 1939, they became to home of the North Irish Horse, a Territorial Army unit.

[1] The Castle consists of two sections, a central tower keep and a curtain wall which was strengthened with small turrets called Bartizans.