Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Castletown (kenry By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (kenry By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI003-008003-
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The National Monuments Service's description
The present townland of Castletown was formerly known as Islandmore. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that there was on the lands of Islandmore [Castletown] belonging to Major General Sir Hardress Waller ‘a ruinous Castle [LI003-008001-], sixteene cottages a pigeon house [LI003-008002-], one orchard and one weare seate [LI003-008003-] on the River of Shanen’ (Simington 1938, 353). The castle of Castletown Waller, which was besieged in 1642, was located, according to Westropp (1906-7, 157), in the immediate vicinity of the country house Castletown Manor. This house was demolished in 1935 (Spellissy 1989, 241). There is now no standing remains at the site of either the castle or the house. The precise location of the fish weir on the River Shannon which forms the N boundary of this townland has not been identified.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 12 May 2020
References
Spellissy, S 1989 Limerick The Rich Land. Ennis. O'Brien Publishers
Westropp, T.J. 1906-7 The ancient castles of the county of Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 26, 54-264.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1938 The civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IV: county of Limerick, with a section of Clanmaurice barony Co. Kerry. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.