What is recorded here

Kilmeadan Castle vanished beneath a seventeen-century house, leaving only earthworks and memory on the west bank of the Suir. Fitzgerald, Le Poer and Power all claimed the same water-facing land across centuries, yet no tower or wall remains visible to mark their rivalry. The river still flows fifteen metres east, indifferent to the men who bled for the view it gives.

On the W bank of the River Suir, which flows NW-SE c. 15m to the E. The castle, overlooking the Suir, is located at the E end of a roughly rectangular area (dims. c. 200m NE-SW; c. 110m NW-SE) which contains earthworks (WA008-049002-) which are likely to be associated with the castle and subsequent 17th house. The manor of Kilmeadan was the property of John Fitzthomas Fitzgerald in 1282. By the early 14th century it had passed into Le Poer hands, and John, the son of Benedict le Poer was styled Lord of Rathgormuck and Kilmeadan in 1328. Le Poer continued to be so styled into the fifteenth century. In the Civil Survey (Simington 1942, 138) Kilmeadan is a manor owned by John Power of Dunhill (WA025-045001-) in 1640. The ‘Castle’ indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map are the remains a large stone house (WA008-049----), dating to the early/mid-17th century which was reputedly built on the site of an earlier castle. The earlier castle is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 1 November 2022

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