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Morogh na d-tuath (Murrough of the Battleaxes) O'Flaherty, something of a hellraiser and pirate who won a famed battle on white strand in Galway in 1564, pledged alliegence to Queen Elizabeth 1 towards the end of the 16th century and was awarded the castle for his loyalty.