Castles and forts in County Offaly, A to Z

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• Leitra Castle Castle — unclassified Explorer Tom Leitra Castle sits on a bog island, which is basically a swamp with commitment issues. It’s tiny, so even the ghosts…
• Lemanaghan Castle Castle — tower house Explorer Tom Lemanaghan Castle gave up meat for Lent but kept its stubbornness intact. It’s stuck on an island in a bog, which is…
• Lisclooney Castle House — fortified house Explorer Tom Lisclooney Castle is mostly gone, but the chimney stacks are still showing off their Jacobean style. It’s like a ghost…
• Lynally Moat Castle — motte and bailey Explorer Tom Lynally Moat is a big round hill with a depression on top, like a giant’s dent in the landscape. Saint Patrick would’ve…
• Moat Castle — motte and bailey Explorer Tom Ballyboy Moat in Ballyboy is a flat-topped mound that has been badly disturbed by a lime kiln and field walls. Someone…
• Moat Hill Castle — motte Explorer Tom Moat Hill in Garr is a natural ridge that got adopted as a motte without really asking permission. It’s flat-topped and…
• Moat of Down Castle — motte and bailey Explorer Tom Moat of Down in County Offaly had an escape plan involving the esker ridge and a lot of running. It’s a well-preserved…
• Monastery in ruins Castle — unclassified Explorer Tom Monastery in ruins at Monasteroris is just a pile of rocks pretending to be holy. I bet the matchmaker there had a hell…
• Mote Castle — motte and bailey Explorer Tom Mote in Drumcooly would handle a nosey neighbour by simply being five meters high above their head. It sits on top of…
• Moyally Castle Bawn Explorer Tom Moyally Castle Bawn is basically a big wall with a fancy oval bit that used to be a bathroom. The wind keeps picking on…
• Moyally Castle Castle — unclassified Explorer Tom Moyally Castle is complaining to the council about its lack of privacy again. It’s a bawn with a bastion, which sounds…
• OCarrolls Castle Bawn Explorer Tom Ocarrolls Castle in Ballyknockan has an imaginary fan club that meets every Tuesday, though none of them show up. It…
• OCarrolls Castle in ruins Castle — tower house Explorer Tom Ocarrolls Castle ruins in Ballyknockan are losing a rivalry with a much fancier castle down the road. It’s stuck in a…
• OConor Falys or Croghan Castle House — fortified house Explorer Tom OConor Falys or Croghan Castle is hiding in a farmyard like it’s trying to be normal. Its retirement plan involves…
• ODempsys Castle in ruins Castle — tower house Explorer Tom Odempsys Castle in Ballykean is hiding a scandal so big it buried its own walls. It’s been sitting there for centuries…
• Pallas Castle Bawn Explorer Tom Pallas Castle, County Offaly, would order the biggest chipper in the world and demand extra gravy. It sits on a ridge…
• Pallas Castle in Ruins Castle — tower house Explorer Tom Pallas Castle in Ruins, County Offaly, had a cow try to buy it last Tuesday for a single carrot. The poor beast just…
• Pigeon House Castle — motte Explorer Tom Pigeon House at Monasteroris is a mound with a stone building on top, which sounds like a very posh coop. I bet it was…
• Raheen Castle in ruins Castle — unclassified Explorer Tom Raheen Castle in ruins, County Offaly, has strict rules: no dogs, no questions, and absolutely no touching the stones.…
• Ramparts Castle — motte Explorer Tom Ramparts in Churchland has a motte that looks like a giant's lazy Sunday nap. The first owner probably just ran away…
• Rathlihen Castle in Ruins Castle — tower house Explorer Tom Rathlihen Castle in Ruins, County Offaly, wants to resolve its crumbling walls by next year, but it’s not very…
• Rathmore Castle Bawn Explorer Tom Rathmore Castle, County Offaly, got into a fight with a fairy over parking rights last week. It’s a bawn that thinks…
• Rathrobin Castle in Ruins Castle — unclassified Explorer Tom Rathrobin Castle in Ruins, County Offaly, is actually the ruins of a house that burned down because the chimney was…
• Roscore House House — fortified house Explorer Tom Roscore House, County Offaly, had a love story that went badly wrong right next to its walls. It’s a fortified house…
• Shancourt or Meeneglish Castle — unclassified Explorer Tom Shancourt or Meeneglish in Ballybought is just foundations on a gravel ridge, looking like a giant skipped its lunch.…
• Toberdaly Castle Castle — tower house Explorer Tom Toberdaly Castle in Toberdaly is a tower house that’s officially gone, but it still haunts the walled garden nearby. It…
• Togher Castle Castle — tower house Explorer Tom Togher Castle in Lackagh More used to be called a monastery until someone decided that sounded less impressive, so they…