Complex sentence: The village is the location of "Cool na Long" castle, built by the McCarthy (Muclagh) family, and which is now in a ruined state, despite efforts to have it taken into state charge by the late antiquarian Paddy O'Keeffe.
Split into simpler sentences: The village is the location of "Cool na Long" castle, built by the McCarthy (Muclagh) family. The castle is now in a ruined state, despite efforts to have it taken into state charge by the late antiquarian Paddy O'Keeffe.