Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Mountgale, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountgale
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK018-079003-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Holahan (1883, 88), notes that Bouncestown was the ancient name of the townland of Mountgale and referring to Bouncestown Castle writes that, 'A circular mound is here pointed out near the road-side as the site of the castle of Sir Tobias Butler'. This may refer to an enclosure (KK018-022----) immediately to the E of, and adjacent to, the public road which runs roughly N-S through the townland.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 7 July 2020
References
Holahan, Rev. J. 1883 Notes on the antiquities of the united parishes of Ballycallan, Kilmanagh and Killaloe. Transactions of the Ossory Archaeological Society 3, part 1, 81-122.