Castle - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a S-facing slope of rising ground in an upland area. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as the 'ruines of a Castle and Barbicon, a Courte leete & Courte Barron to be held by the sd. William oge Ryan his heires or Assignes belongeth to the sd. lands by Grant as wee are informed. The sd. lands are intermixt wth. wood & ould oake trees & now totally waste' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 191). According to the OS Name Books (1840) the castle was destroyed in 1839. The Ordnance Survey field name books for the parish of Killenaule recorded that 'until the year 1839, part of this old castle was standing. Mr Hanrahan razed it to the ground. Nothing remains of it now but a bank of rubbish' (SMR File). No visible remains at ground level.

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.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 19 September 2016

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1934 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. II: county of Tipperary - Western and Northern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.