Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Cornelscourt, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cornelscourt
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cornelscourt
- Coordinates
- 53.26778, -6.16643
- SMR number
- DU023-028----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the junction of Gort Na Mona Drive and Cornelscourt Hill Road. A tower house described in 1654 as a 'thatched castle' associated with the Cheever family (D'Alton 1976, 2nd ed.420). Austin Cooper in 1781 observed a fragment of the old castle, which comprised the lower arch over ground floor and part of the first floor (Price 1942, 68). Cornelscourt Shopping Centre and Car Park occupies the site.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised update on: 25 June 2018
References
D'Alton, J. 1838 (Reprint 1976) The history of the county of Dublin. Cork. Tower Books.
Price, L. (ed.) 1942 An eighteenth-century antiquary: the sketches, notes and Diaries of Austin Cooper, 1759-1880. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
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- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.