Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toonagh Castle (Site of) (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.84618, -8.83096
- SMR number
- CL034-094002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the S end of a low N-S ridge with rock outcrop. This castle is not on the castle lists of 1570 or 1574, but according to Twigge the castle of “Tamhnach” was built by Mahon, son of Sean MacNamara. It was recorded by Frost (1893, 50) as belonging to the MacNamaras in 1580. It is not a mentioned in a deposition dated 1683, indicating that it had probably been demolished by that time. Oval grass and scrub-covered platform (dims. 18m N-S; 6m E-W) defined by a scarp (H 1-3m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore and Leo Morahan
See attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report). Uploaded courtesy of R. Ua Cróinín and M. Breen.
Date of upload: 11 December 2014
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.