What is recorded here

Mongan's castle stood at Tullymongan while a second crenelated ghost haunted the west side of Main Street, neither fully named nor firmly placed. That uncertainty is not a failure of knowledge but a shape of the world: two towers, one town, and a boundary that never stopped moving. Cavan kept both claims alive because certainty would have killed the dance.

A late 16th-century account (CSPI 1592-6) noted two castles at Cavan Town. The first was in all probability at Tullymongan (CV020-055004-) situated in Townparks townland at the SE of the town. The second is not precisely located, but from Netherclift's plan of Cavan town made c. 1593 it might be one of the two crenelated structures depicted on the W side of Main Street. (Bradley and Dunne 1989, 42) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of revision: 11 April 2018

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