What is recorded here

Castle Comfort in County Limerick occupies the vanished footprint of an older fortress, preserving a name born from human relief rather than noble pride. The crisp limestone house appeared around 1824, yet the flat earth beside it still marks the chamber where that forgotten castle fell. Comfort is not a decorative word here; it is the shape of the place, remembering the struggle that ended on its ground.

Westropp (1906-07, 99-100) recorded the following details about Castlecomfort; 'This very probably the last named. In 1840 the house was said to stand on the site of an old castle (O.S.L., 8. 444). It adjoins Aghacore, and "core" may have been taken for "cobhair," assistance, relief, or [in the old sense] "comfort".' In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded that Castle Comfort or Caisleán na bPaerach/ Castle of the Powers 'was built in 1824 at a cost of about £800. It is 2 story high, is placed on an eminence, and takes its name from a castle that stood on the site in days of old' (OSNB Abington Parish, 38). Circular-shaped platform located 10m E of Castle Comfort appears to mark the site of the levelled castle. 19th century house described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as a, 'Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with entrance through single-storey porch to side. Hipped roof with rendered chimneystacks and pots. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with fanlight and side lights. Multiple-bay two-storey stables and outbuildings to rear across courtyard. Pitched slate roof. Limestone walls. Square-headed window and door openings with red brick surrounds. Round-headed and elliptical-headed vehicular openings. Square-headed dormer opening. Walled garden' (www.buildingsofireland.ie; NIAH Reg. No. 21901424). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 November 2020

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