Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Lisdalleen And Drummin, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisdalleen And Drummin
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Lisalleen Castle (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisdalleen Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.79086, -7.72766
- SMR number
- TN030-024001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a low rise of ground in gently undulating countryside with a nearby possible tower house (TN030-022----) to the W. This castle was held in 1641 by Lord Ikerrin and John Purcell as trustees for William O'Meagher (O'Meagher 1890, 122; Stout 1984, 134). Described in the OS Letters as an 'old castle measuring 30ft 6in [9.2m] N-S by 24ft 6in [7.4m] E-W with walls 4ft 6in [1.3m] thick, standing no more than 18ft [5.4m] in height' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 85). Only a portion of the S wall (L 2m; H 3m; wall T 0.85m) of the castle survives with grass-covered wall-footings elsewhere.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
References
O'Meagher, J.C. 1890 Some historical notices on the O'Meaghers of Ikerrin. New York.
Stout, G. 1984 The archaeological survey of the barony of Ikerrin. Roscrea Heritage Society.
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.