Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Duncannon, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duncannon
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.22081, -6.93679
- SMR number
- WX044-015003-
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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
Located on a NE-SW promontory (H c. 20m) jutting out into the estuary of the Barrow/Nore/Suir and within the parade-ground of Duncannon Fort (WX044-015001-). A castle, probably a tower house, with a wall cutting off the end of the promontory is depicted on what are probably late 16th-century maps with the bastioned fort already established (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 2 Pl.). John Inglysshe had possession of Duncannon in 1541, and it was granted to Sir Osborne Itchingham in 1545 and to Sir Nicholas White, the Master of the Rolls, in 1569 (ibid. vol. 4, 4). The castle is first mentioned in 1580 when John Itchingham, who was probably trading with pirates there, resisted arrest by the sheriff (ibid. vol. 3, 148-9). A circular tower of this castle survived into the early 20th century (ibid. vol. 4, 5-6, Pl.) and was known as King James’ tower, but it is no longer extant. (Sinnott 1964-5, 64-5)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 17 June, 2013
References
Sinnott, P.J. 1970-71 Duncannon. Journal of the Wexford Historical Society 3, 63-80.
Nearby in the register
- Bastioned fortunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.