What is recorded here

Castle Creevy is a lost place in County Longford, Ireland, granted to Thomas Beare in 1620 during the Plantation of Longford. It appears on an early 17th-century map of Granard barony near the Cavan border, close to where Creevy House now stands, yet no exact ruin or field mark has been identified. The castle may still lie beneath soil, hedge or forgotten lawn, waiting for someone to stop asking permission and start digging with their eyes.

In 1620, as part of the Plantation of Longford, the English Crown granted Thomas Beare ‘the castle and lands of Creeve’ (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 467). The castle is depicted on an early 17th-century map of Granard barony (BL, Cotton MS Augustus I.i.47), close to the border with county Cavan, in an area that roughly corresponds with the location of Creevy House. However, its precise location has not been identified. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 November 2012

Thomas Beare was granted Castle Creevy in 1620 during the Plantation of Longford by the English Crown. The castle is historically significant as a symbol of English colonial settlement in Ireland during the early 17th century.

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