Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Fardystown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fardystown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX042-026----
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The National Monuments Service's description
A castle is indicated on the Down Survey parish map of Kildavin at Fardystown (1655-8) in the National Library of Ireland (ms 725, microfilm P 7384, N 6380), and the terrier, or commentary, describes a ‘waste ruined castle at Fardestowne’. According to the book of Survey and Distribution Robert Rossiter owned 171 acres at Fardystown in 1641 (Simington 1953, 301), and traditionally it is thought to have been built by the Rossiters of Rathmacknee (WX042-029002-) (Jeffrey 1979, 18). The precise location is not known.
See the attached section from the Down Survey parish map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 27 May, 2013
References
Jeffrey, W.H. 1979 The castles of County Wexford. Typescript prepared by the Old Wexford Society, Ed. E. Culleton.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.