What is recorded here
No surface trace visible except for a few humps and hollows in the area where the castle (OF023-011001-) was located. An armorial plaque dates the castle to the year 1684 and is incorporated into the wall of Derrydolney house. Probably the site of a 17th-century fortified house. The inscription reads ' This house was erected by Philip Molloy and Mary Molloy his wife in the year of our Lord God 1684, in the three and thirteenth years of the reign of Charles II, by the grace of God, King of England and Scotland, and France and Ireland. Defender of the Faith.' (ITA Survey 1942)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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