Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Powerstown Demesne (st. Mary'S Clonmel Par.),carrigeen (st. Mary'S Clonmel Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Powerstown Demesne (st. Mary'S Clonmel Par.),carrigeen (st. Mary'S Clonmel Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- TS083-024----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Lyons (1938, 153) 'A Le Poer castle at Carrigeen, anciently Glaunaleamy (glen of the leap), now called "The Wilderness," in St. Mary's (Clonmel) Parish, close to the western boundary of Kilgrant, of which but a trace remains…It was held in 1641 by the Le Poer proprietor of Powerstown'. Lyons gives the Civil Survey (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 289) as a reference, however, this reference which pertains to the lands of 'Glaunleamy' makes no mention of a castle on this property but states that 'Upon the sd stands some few cabbins'. Lyons source of information for the existence of this castle is unkown. The location of this possible castle is unknown within Carrigeen and Powerstown Demesne townlands.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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.
Lyons, P. 1938 Earthwork and castle at Powerstown, Clonmel. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 68, 152-5.