What is recorded here

Castle Hackett stands as a ruined tower house at the base of Knockma Hill, holding stones laid by Norman Hacketts in the 13th century and later touched by Kirwan hands. Yeats wrote that this line was marked by fairy sight, a claim that belongs to story rather than proof, yet it fits the place where ivy buries the walls and trees grow through old vaults. The castle passed from Hackett to Burke to Kirwan, stayed occupied into the early 1700s, and was abandoned only when a newer house took its role. What remains is not a display but a threshold: a strong chamber made quiet by time, still carrying the names of the people who lived inside it.

in use 13th to 18th century, in ruins

Built by the Hackett family in the 13th century, Castle Hackett was held by the same family for several centuries and is remembered as a symbol of their local influence and long-standing presence in the region.