Castle - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

Site of levelled castle in pasture in cebtre of circular shaped earthwork (LI047-073001-) with Tobernea holy well (LI047-089----) 55m to NNW. Westropp (1906-7, 173) recorded the following details about Leagane or Tobornea Castle; '1537 Jas. f.Desmond took the profits of the manor of "Tibernius," estate of late Tho., Earl of Kildare (Carew i., p. 132). 1629 W. Creagh, of Miltown, was appointed seneschal of Tuberneagh and other manors of G., Earl of Kildare, as formerly held by Peircy Smith (App. 9 Rep., y. 292). A heap of stones was called Tobornea C[astle], 1840 (O.S.L., 8, p. 344). A doubtful site'. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey described the site as; 'there was an old Castle in Leagaun Townland, of which nothing remains now but a heap of rubbish. it was called Leagaun (Líagán) Castle. Tobernea Castle, north of Leagaun Townland, is the name given for in the Name Book of this Parish' (O'Flanagan 1929, 99). The Ordnance Survey Name Books recorded that; 'near a road are the ruins of Tobernea Castle, nearly in the shape of a fort [LI047-073001-]' (OSNB Effin Parish).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 23 August 2021

References

ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1929 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Limerick collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Bray

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.

OSL - Ordnance Survey Letters. Letters written by members of the Ordnance Survey's 'Topographical Department' (T. O'Conor, A. O'Curry, E. Curry, J. O'Donovan and P. O'Keeffe) sent to headquarters from the field (1834-41). MSS in Royal Irish Academy.

Westropp, T.J. 1906-7 The ancient castles of the county of Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 26, 54-264.