What is recorded here

Carrickduff Castle stands as a ruined fortified house in County Carlow, its red brick walls and large Georgian windows still reaching toward the sky. Doorways in the north wall hint at a lost attached building, perhaps medieval or from the seventeenth century, now reduced to scattered debris in the field. The ghost of that missing structure lingers in the stone, waiting for someone to imagine what it held before time took it away.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Tower formerly attached to another building at N as shown by doorways in N wall at all three levels. Building may have included medieval or seventeenth-century structure. Two floors (wooden) over ground floor. Many large Georgian-style windows reaching to floor with fireplaces in NW corners and extensive use of red brick. Gables on N and S walls. Debris in field, possibly of original attached building.

Carrickduff Castle was built in the 17th century by the Butler family, who were prominent landowners in the area. It is remembered as an example of early Irish country house architecture and as part of the historical legacy of the Butler earls of Ormond.

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