Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Doonogan, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doonogan
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Doonogan Castle (Site of) (1922)
- Coordinates
- 52.80515, -9.35598
- SMR number
- CL039-010002-
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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
On top of a prominent plug of rock outcrop. It was probably built by Mortagh O'Brien and is first mentioned in a list of 1577 (Frost 1893, 638) and was granted to Donagh O'Brien, the fourth earl of Thomond in 1585 who leased it to James FitzNicholas Bourke of Limerick in 1618 (Ua Cróinín and Breen report, see attached document). Rectangular area (int. dims. 5m E-W; 4.6m N-S) defined by the outer facing of a wall (H 0.5m) at E, a scarp (H 0.6m) at S, and grass-covered stone spreads at W (Wth 5.8m; int. H 0.6m; ext. H 1.1m) and N (Wth 2m; int. H 0.45m; ext. H 0.85m). There are fragments of masonry in the centre.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
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attached document with details from Risteárd Ua Cróinín and Martin Breen, The Castles and Tower-houses of Co. Clare (unpublished report).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: 12 December 2014
References
Frost, J. 1893 (Reprint 1978) The history and topography of the county of Clare: from the earliest times to the beginning of the 18th century. Dublin. Mercier Press.
Nearby in the register
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- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.