Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rathdrumin, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdrumin
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LH018-053----
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The National Monuments Service's description
There was a tradition of a castle close to 'Rath Moat' (IFC Schools' Mss 673, 120-1), for which see this web-page accessed on 9 May 2016 http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5008861/4961785 However, a castle is not depicted at Rathdrumenure (57) in Rathdrumnoe parish on the Down Survey (1656-8) map, for which see this web-page accessed on 9 May, 2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Ferrard&c=Louth Its precise location is not known, and even this tradition did not survive into the 1960s.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 9 May 2016
References
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.