Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Mountloftus, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountloftus
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Drumroe Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Drumroe Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.60509, -6.98493
- SMR number
- KK025-022001-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
The Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of Powerstown, in the barony of Gowran, indicates a castle in Drumroe townland, which subsequently became Mountloftus townland (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The terrier accompanying this parish map mentions, 'There[i]s on Drumroe a Ruinous Castle' with the 'Earle of Ormond' listed as the proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). According to O'Kelly (1969, 88) the castle was formerly a Cavanagh stronghold of which 'only the vaulted stone chambers remain'. O'Kelly (ibid.) also mentions a tradition that the castle was 'erected on a rath' (KK025-022002-).
See attached:
KK025-022001-_01 extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of Powerstown (Hib. Reg., courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 1 March 2022
References
O'Kelly, O. 1969 (Reissue 1985) The place-names of County Kilkenny. Kilkenny.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
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- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.