What is recorded here

Castle in Kildare belonged to Great Connell in 1540, when it was leased to the Earl of Kildare. By 1607 it had become ruinous, and no visible traces remain. What is left is a tower house reduced to absence, its rooms emptied not by siege but by time.

According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 204), there is documentary evidence for the presence of fortified townhouses in Kildare in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, including 'a castle or fortilage' belonging to Great Connell, mentioned in 1540 when it was leased to the Earl of Kildare (White 1943, 159). It was described as ruinous in 1607 (IRC 1830, 2 ix, 92). No visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 24 January 2012

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