Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Derrydolney, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrydolney
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- OF023-011001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a possible medieval castle in the townland of Derrydolney has not been identified. It may have been located in close proximity to Derrydolney House. An armorial plaque (OF023-011002-) dates the construction of a building at Derrydolney to the year 1684 and is incorporated into the wall of Derrydolney house. This 1684 building may have been a fortified house but the late date would suggest that it may have been a late 17th century undefended house. The inscription reads ' This house was erected by Philip Molloy and Mary Molloy his wife in the year of our Lord God 1684, in the three and thirteenth years of the reign of Charles II, by the grace of God, King of England and Scotland, and France and Ireland. Defender of the Faith.' (ITA Survey 1942)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 23 June 2016
References
Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).