Castle (in Ruins)

Situated on a natural hillock with good views in all directions. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a Castle and the Walls of a stone house out of repaire' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 78). James Earl of Ormond is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). A large rectangular three-storey tower house (TN029-062002) composed of roughly coursed limestone rubble, with substantial base-batter and dressed quoins. Most of the base-batter has been robbed and this has revealed an internal facing. The S and W walls are supported by tall buttresses, the bases of which have also been robbed. The E wall and E end of the N wall have been destroyed. The remains of a bawn wall (T 1.6m) extend N-S from roughly the centre of the N wall and extend E-W from the S wall. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

James Earl of Ormond is likely associated with Castle (in Ruins), Templemore Demesne, though the exact date of construction or holding is unclear; it is remembered for its strategic location on a natural hillock and its mention in the 17th-century Civil Survey, indicating its presence during the turbulent period of Confederate Ireland and Cromwellian conquest.