Ballyconnell Castle

Captain Culme and Walter Talbot were granted 1500 acres in this area during the reign of James I. According to Pynnar's survey of 1619 there was a strong three-storey castle and a bawn with two flanking towers here. This castle was entirely destroyed by accidental fire and a house built on its site by G. Mountgomery Esq, in 1764. (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 130). Pre-development testing (04E1300) in 2004 revealed a substantial wall( L 10m, H 0.5m-0.7m, Wth 1m). The stone is well coursed and is bonded with a white lime mortar (Read 2007m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 7 April 2016

Ballyconnell Castle was built by Captain Culme and Walter Talbot in the early 17th century during the Plantation of Ulster under James I. It is remembered as an example of early 17th-century defensive architecture in the region and as part of the English colonial settlement efforts in Ireland.