Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Donaskeagh, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Donaskeagh
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.52874, -8.06589
- SMR number
- TS059-053001-
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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
In lush pasture, overlooking the Multeen river valley to the N. The castle is located within a much denuded enclosure (TS059-053002-) and there is a small pond to the SSW. In 1569 there is a reference to the castle at 'Doneskeoghe' (Butler 1914, 11). The castle is depicted in the Down Survey map (1655-6) and the Civil Survey (1654-6) states that the castle was on lands leased by Sir Phillip Percival and owned by Richard Butler of Kilcash in 1640, and is described as being 'out of repayre' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 13). The castle consists of a level square knoll (dims. 11.6m E-W; 9m N-S) defined by a gentle scarp (max. Wth 7.5m; max. H 1m) on all sides. The knoll probably covers the lower courses of the castle foundations. Some stones and masonry are exposed on the E side, near the base of the knoll where livestock have eroded the ground surface. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 93) describe 'the site of a castle but none of the walls are perfect, nor can the extent of the building be ascertained'.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
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.
Butler, W.F. 1914 Clan and settler in Ormond. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 20, 1-16.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1934 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. II: county of Tipperary - Western and Northern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.