What is recorded here

Castle tradition in Harristown, County Louth, has no visible castle on the 1656-8 Down Survey map, though MacIvor wondered it may have meant Harristown House. The name therefore points to a building, a boundary memory or a lost structure rather than a definite fortress.

The tradition of castle in Harristown is recorded (OS Name Books), but a castle is not depicted at Harristowne (32) in Stickilin parish on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map, for which see this web-page accessed on 6 May, 2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Atherdee&c=Louth MacIvor (1956, 410) suggests that it may have been Harristown House, but this cannot be demonstrated. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 6 May 2016

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