Castle (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Usk Castle was a large fortified house on the southwest edge of the townland, still standing when Taylor mapped Kildare in 1783. People called it a castle because it watched the land like a castle, even if it never wore a tower. By 1837 it had become ruins, and by the later survey it had vanished into the site of a memory.

Shown on Noble and Keenan’s 1752 Map of County Kildare as a large house and also recorded by Taylor on his 1783 map of the county. In 1837, according to O’Conor (Herity 2002, 96 [28]) who co-compiled the OSL for County Kildare, ‘In the S.W. side of Usk townland are the ruins of a dwelling house called a Castle by the people.’ By the time the OS 25-inch map was drawn, the ‘Castle’ was recorded ‘Site of’, ie destroyed. It was possibly a fortified house rather than a tower house or castle proper. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 16 October 2013

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