Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Killahy (crannagh By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killahy (crannagh By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Killahy Castle in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killahy Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.68564, -7.47916
- SMR number
- KK013-069001-
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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
On the floor of a valley, in mostly reclaimed grassland. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 376), the 'castle of the Graces stood about 500 yds. south of Killahy church [KK013-067001-]. Only a very small fragment of it remains. Beside it are the extensive ruins of a fine mansion of about the year 1700'. The castle is indicated on the 1st (1839) and subsequent 1900 revision OS 6-inch map. It is clearly visible on the 25-inch OS map as a rectangular building (dims. c. 8m x 6m), orientated NW-SE, with a wall (L c. 4.5m), possibly a bawn, running NE from the SE angle. The castle is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 21 December 2016
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Fish-pondunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.