House - 17th century

The National Monuments Service's description

According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) 'James Butler of Derrilouskan Irish Papist' was proprietor in 1640 and at time there were 'on the sd lands a Castle & two stone houses habitable' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 187). The present Derryluskan House was built c. 1790 and was at least three-storeys over base, however the upper storeys were removed in 1947 leaving the present single-storey over basement house. There is a lot of dressed stone incorporated into the present house, including late medieval stone work with punch-tooling, some with drafted margins and later stone work with reamed surfaces. There is a limestone three-centred doorway c. 30m E of the rear of the house. It is currently standing in field, on a very gentle E facing slope, under pasture. This doorway (H 1.94m; Wth 1.2m) is decorated with a double ovolo moulding of late 16th/early 17th century date which terminates with a horizontal rope moulding. There is no visible trace of a structure associated with this doorway and it likely that the doorway was re-used as a garden feature for Derryluskan House when the late 16th/17th house century fell into ruin or was demolished. The precise location of these houses is unknown, though the re-use of a lot of earlier stonework in the present house suggests that at least one of the houses was on or near Derryluskan House.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of revised upload: 11 November 2014

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1931 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol I: county of Tipperary: eastern and southern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.