Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Unknown, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Unknown
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE029-199----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a possible castle in 'Garranieraughten' has not been identified. The placename 'Garranieraughten' [Garra Iraghtane] has not been identified with a townland in Co. Kerry. In 1587, the Inquisition into the possessions of the late Earl of Desmond listed a 'castle with a town and lands called Grarranieraughten (sic) formerly being the lands of O'Harraghton a burgess of the aforesaid town' (Hickson 1880, 364).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 June 2022
References
Hickson, M.A. 1880 Notes on Kerry Topography, Ancient and Modern, with Extracts from the Unpublished Desmond Survey and Inquisition (Continued). The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 349-64.