There are no such thing as rape mills now; but the fabric of the old rape mills still stands in pretty good preservation between Parsonstown and Banagher. What is known as The Ridge, on the road from Parsonstown to Banagher, is a line of sandhills extending from beyond Philipstown, through Lusmagh to the Shannon.

At the Rapemills, a little bit further on, some fifty or sixty years ago, a meteoric stone descended on the building, threw down the lofts, and killed Mr Woods, the proprietor.

The mills have long been idle; and they were advertised for sale in September, 1888, on behalf of the Landlord, Captain A. H. Burdett, J.P. Near here is the townland of Ballaghanoher, where Eoghan 0Madden, the "Lion of Birra," defeated the men of Ormond. One of the principal strongholds of the MacCoghlans was in Garrancashlane, in former times Garrdha-an-Caislein, the "Garden of the Castle," from whence we have Garrycastle. It was called Caislean-an-Fothair by the Four Masters in 1517, when the Earl of Kildare and the Delvinians destroyed its walls, when acting against the O'Carrolls.

The site now occupies part of the farm estate of Mr Doorly' brother or nephew of Mr Doorly, P.L.G., Cloghan.