Blackhall Castle (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

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Blackhall Castle stands as a three-storey ivy ghost in a Kildare farmyard, its thin western wall still marking the footprint of a home held by William Eustace in 1535 and later occupied by Col. Edward Wogan. The structure has surrendered most of itself to time, leaving only a short stretch of southern wall and three plain flat-arched windows to hint at the shape of rooms where people once lived, worked and watched the pasture. A modern concrete shed now leans against the ruins, blending human urgency and forgetfulness in the same yard.

In a farm yard in level pasture. According to Tickell (1960, 370), the castle ‘was acquired by a William Eustace in 1535’, while O’Neill and Clarke (1954, 13, 1954, LXVII) say that Col. Edward Wogan lived there in the 17th century. A very poorly preserved and densely ivy clad, three storied, rectangular structure of which only the W wall (L c. 8m) and the W portion of the S wall (L c. 4m) survive. Built of thin flags, small blocks and roughly squared quoins, with a very slight base batter on the W wall. Three plain, flat-arched windows survive in the W wall; two at ground-floor and one at first-floor level. A modern single story, concrete shed is built against the S wall. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 11 June 2012

Blackhall Castle was acquired by William Eustace in 1535 and later occupied by Col. Edward Wogan in the 17th century. It is remembered for its historical associations with prominent local families and as a rare example of a castle integrated into a farm setting.

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