What is recorded here

Coonagh Castle may have begun as a ringwork of earth and timber built by William de Braose before stone walls replaced it in 1225. The flat ground and curving southern slope still hint at that earlier circular enclosure, perhaps fifty metres across. Under the older castle's shadow, people may have lived, argued, loved and forgotten the name of the first builder.

Possible site of Anglo-Norman earth and timber castle built by William de Braose (de Briouze) which was later replaced by the stone castle of Coonagh (LI025-002002-) built by William and Matilda de Marisco in 1225 (O'Keeffe 2011, 95). O'Keeffe suggested that Coonagh Castle may have been the location of this earth and timber castle and stated that 'the site is flat ground that is bordered by a curving break of slope on its south side, and this raises the possibility of an earlier earth-and-timber castle with an enclosure of about 50m in diameter' (ibid.). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 08 January 2019

Built as an Anglo-Norman earth and timber ringwork by William de Braose (de Briouze) in the late 12th century, it was later replaced by a stone castle constructed by William and Matilda de Marisco in 1225. It is important as part of the medieval frontier expansion in Munster and linked to the development of the Coonagh Castle site.

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