Rappa Castle

Rappa Castle was held by the Bourke family and was granted to a Cromwellian soldier named Crofton.

[1] In the 17th century William Knox of Castlerea (born 1630) married a Crofton of Rappa Castle.

[2] Francis Knox, 3rd son of Francis Knox of Moyne Abbey and his wife Dorothy Annesley, was born 1726 and married Mary Gore of Belleek, heiress of Rappa, in 1761.

The Knox family left the castle after the Irish War of Independence and it came into the possession of William Gillespie.

The Gillespie family which included 13 children lived in the castle until the upkeep became too much.