Castle - tower house

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a small, heavily overgrown spit jutting out 20m into Lough Gill. Only a single wall (L 15m; Wth 0.5m; H 1m) oriented E-W survives of a castle known as Dooroy Caslte from Dubhrath - Black rath - commenced by Brian O'Rourke in 1582 (McDermott 2019, 113-4). Photographs taken in the early 20th century, prior to its collapse, shows an angle of a four-storey tower house with a vault over the ground floor and passages in the walls of two upper floors. (Foley and Donnelly 2012, 25-6)

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Revised by: Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 6 December 2012
Amended: 3 January 2020

References

Foley, C. and Donnelly, C. 2012 Parke's Castle, Co. Leitrim: archaeology, history and architecture. Archaeological Monograph Series, No. 7. Stationery Office. Dublin.

McDermott, J. J. 2019 Late medieval strongholds of the Gaelic Irish in County Leitrim. in In Kelly, L. and Scott, B. Leitrim: History and Society, 103-27. Dublin, Geography Publications