Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Richard Taaffe'S Holding, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Richard Taaffe'S Holding
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- LH011-115014-
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The National Monuments Service's description
In 1744 Issac Butler mentioned seven castles in Louth town; three are unnamed and the others are as follows: 'Castle Derry, Castle Cara, Castle Luggey and Plunkett's Castle' (Paterson 1944, 321). No visible trace of any of these.
The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
References
Paterson, T. G. F. 1944 A survey of the lands of Nizelrath, Co. Louth, 1667, with notes on the Chamberlains of Nizelrath. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 10, No. 4, 318-26.