Carrig Castle (in ruins)

Situated on a gentle sloping hill with rough marshy land to the N and pasture to the S. Described in the OS Letters as a small square structure (24ft x 24ft (7.3m x 7.3m); wall T 4ft 4in (1.3m)) built with hammer-dressed limestone, the walls of which stand 14ft (4.2m) high. A small round tower (int. diam. 6ft 2in (1.9m)) with a conical cap was attached to the SE corner standing to a height of 17ft (5.2m) (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 79). The castle was demolished during a road widening scheme in 1973 (FitzPatrick 1985, vol. 2, 80). No visible remains at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Carrig Castle is believed to have been built by the Ó Dálaigh (O'Daly) family, a Gaelic Irish dynasty, during the 15th or 16th century. It is remembered as a modest but strategically positioned defensive structure reflecting the local power dynamics of the period.