What is recorded here

Castle in Moneylagan, County Longford, was granted to Mary Nugent, Lady Delvin, and her son Sir Richard Nugent, Baron of Delvin, in 1605 as a parcel of the estate of Rory Bane Mc Laughlin. Its exact position has never been identified, but a 17th-century house may still sit on or near the buried bones of that castle. The land remember the shape of the grant even when the stones no longer answer.

A land grant to Mary Nugent, Lady Delvin, and her son Sir Richard Nugent, Baron of Delvin, in 1605 included a 'Castle and certain lands containing 1 cartron or the 4th part of a carucate in Monilagan; parcel of the estate of Rory Bane Mc Laughlin' [Farrell] (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 74). The precise location of the castle has not been identified but a 17th-century house (LF013-009----) may subsequently have been built on or close to it. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 November 2012

Built or held by Mary Nugent, Lady Delvin, and her son Sir Richard Nugent, Baron of Delvin, in 1605; it is remembered as part of a land grant that reflects the allocation of estates in post-Tudor Ireland.

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