What is recorded here

Grace’s old castle stood in Firoda Lower until its ruins were uprooted in 1860. Ellenor Grace may have lived there near 1700, giving the lost building its name. The red-flagged gripe and flag well still mark the place where her castle disappeared.

According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 161), ‘Another castle stood at James Coogan’s, in this townland [Firoda Lower, otherwise Glenmagoo]. Its ruins were uprooted in 1860. It was known as “Grace’s old castle” from its last occupant, one Ellenor Grace, who cannot have lived much later than the year 1700. Near this is a deep gripe called Lhockeearrig or the Red Flags, and a well called Tubbernahock or Well of the Flags’. The precise location of the castle within the townland is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 May 2017

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