What is recorded here

Castle rock and Cashelmongan fort still stand in Cloghadoolarty North, though the castle itself has slipped from the land like a name half forgotten. It passed through Burgat, Gould and Ingoldesbye across centuries, each perhaps standing where the last stopped looking. What is missing is not the rock but the room built upon it, the door, the lamp, the life that turned stone into a home.

The precise location of a castle in the townland of Cloghdoolarty has not been identified. Westropp (1906-7, 175) recorded the following details about Cloghdoolarty Castle; 'The rock of Cloghadoolarty and fort of Cashelmongan remain. In 1402 a Rob. Dullard and others are given the lands of Leticia Ride at Kilmallock, in trust (Pat. R.). 1583 Cloghdullardy C,[astle].T. Burgat, of Kilmallock (Des. R., 8; Peyton, p. 15; Inq. Exch., 10). 1600 Jas. Gould held it at his death (Inq. Chan., 28b). 1657 Held by G. Ingoldesbye. It was then in Glynogrey (C.S., xxxi., p. 19).. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 December 2020

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