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Why this matters

Built in the 17th century, Castle Ballymaclode was held by Lord Power of Curraghmore as early as 1640. Its importance lies in its historical association with the influential Power family and its depiction on the Down Survey map, reflecting land ownership patterns in early modern Ireland.

Overview

Castle (in ruins) — Ballymaclode is recorded as Castle — tower house in Waterford. Situated on a gentle E-facing slope within a farmyard. It is marked on a Down Survey (1655-6) map and recorded as the property of Lord Power of Curraghmore (WA008-005001-) in 1640 (Simington 1942, 165).

Who built and held it

The saved account records: It is marked on a Down Survey (1655-6) map and recorded as the property of Lord Power of Curraghmore (WA008-005001-) in 1640 (Simington 1942, 165).

Attack, change and use

The saved account records: The ground-floor chamber is entered through a plain pointed doorway with a hanging-eye, and has double-splay loops in the N and S walls and destroyed lintelled embrasures in the E and W walls.

What survives

The saved account records: Towards the N end of the W wall a punch-dressed, pointed doorway with a yett leads through a lobby, protected by a murder-hole operated from the second floor, to the ground floor (int.

Why it mattered

Castle (in ruins) — Ballymaclode matters because the source ties castle — tower house to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Situated on a gentle E-facing slope within a farmyard.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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