Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Country house
Castlefarm, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlefarm
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Molahiffe Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Molahiffe Castle
- Coordinates
- 52.18254, -9.59324
- SMR number
- KE048-108----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An occupied three-storey gable-ended house built of random rubble limestone, T-shaped in ground plan. The front elevation (E-facing) is of five bays and has a central doorway with a rectangular overlight. Some of the rectangular window opes retain sash frames with glazing bars. There is a chimney on each gable. The S gable is weather slated. The front elevation is prolonged to the N by a two-storey five bay structure. There is an enclosed yard to the rear with a range of two-storey outhouses on its N side. Bary (1994, 68) states that the house was built in c. 1769 by Michael Mahony. The house is now known as 'Castlefarm'. In the 1840s it was recorded that stones from Molahiffe Castle (KE048-039---) were used in the construction of Castlefarm House in 1809 (OSNB). (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey)
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
References
Bary, V. 1994 Houses of Kerry. Ballinakella Press. Co. Clare.
OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.