Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.33322, -6.24230
- SMR number
- DU018-055----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The site of Baggotrath Castle is located on the N side of Baggot Street Upper, between Nos.44-46. A late 17th century drawing by Francis Place of the site shows a three storey tower-house with a gabled building attached. It had a parapet level. A drawing by Beranger in 1766 shows the tower-house in a ruinous condition with thatched side chambers attached. Grose (1791, 10, PL.8) mentions entrenchments about the castle. The castle was involved in the Battle of Rathmines in 1649 (Killannin Lord & Duignan 1967, 237). It was associated with the Fitzwilliam family in the 14th-century. In the beginning of the 19th century the ruins of Baggotrath Castle were completely demolished prior to building on the site (Maher 1932, 5-6). No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
Uploaded: 13/06/16
Nearby in the register
- Barracksunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.