Castle - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

In his description of Kerry, 1687, Sir Richard Cox wrote the following; 'In this barony at the foot of Slievelogher stands the Castle of Arnagragh near which is to be found the best blackslatt in Ireland' (de Brún 1972, 5, 39). Site of castle described in 1942 as 'very little of this castle are to be seen, the remaining walls outline where the castle once stood. They bound the farms Jas. O'Sullivan and Patk. Sullivan' (ITA Survey). No surface remains visible on Digital Globe orthoimages taken between 2011-13. Ardnagragh Castle site was described in 1841 as follows; 'It has been totally demolished, three clumps of the walls lie at the site. Ardnacrah is pronounced in Irish Ard na gCreach, and signifies the hill or height of the plunders. It is said the Fitzgeralds erected this castle' (O'Donovan 1989, 86-7).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 26 May 2022

References

Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).

O'Donovan, J. 1983 The antiquities of the county of Kerry. Cork. Royal Carbery Books.

de Brún, P. 1972 Sir Richard Cox’ s Description of Kerry, 1687. Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, Series 1 Vol. 5, 33-45.