Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Maudlin (fassadinin By., Kilmacar Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maudlin (fassadinin By., Kilmacar Ed)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK010-043002-
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 203), 'In a castle at the "Moat of Maudlin," lived, several centuries ago, Shawn mc Sharoo Purcell, a powerful warrior, much famed in local tradition'. O'Kelly (1969, 46-7) writes that, 'Maudlin moat is a well-known landmark once surmounted by a castle of which there is now no trace'. There are two enclosures in Maulin townland, KK010-043001- and KK010-062----, the latter being c. 180m SW of the former, and it is unknown which, if either, of these monuments are the 'Maudlin moat' referred to. As the precise location of this castle is unknown, it is unlocated within the townland.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 5 December 2018
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.