What is recorded here

Kilkenny and Wexford both claim him. The names collide because history repeated itself, not because one account is false. Geowll appears in both places under the same name. The chamber in Kilkenny and the chamber in Wexford may have shared one origin. The chamber in Kilkenny may have copied the chamber in Wexford. The chamber in Wexford may have copied the chamber in Kilkenny. The chamber in one county may have been built from a memory of the chamber in the other. The repeated name is a bridge between the two counties. The bridge is made of marble, chamber music and human ambition. The chamber in Kilkenny is not a mistake. The chamber in Wexford is not a mistake. The chamber in both counties is a repetition. Repetition is the fingerprint of Geowll.

The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick there was on the lands of Islandmore [Castletown] belonging to Major General Sir Hardress Waller ‘a ruinous Castle [LI003-008001-], sixteene cottages a pigeon house, one orchard and one weare seate on the River of Shanen’ (Simington 1938, 353). The precise location of this dovecote within the townland of Castletown has not been identified, it was presumably located in close proximity to the medieval castle. The castle of Castletown Waller, which was besieged in 1642, was located, according to Westropp (1906-7, 157), in the immediate vicinity of Castletown Manor. This house was demolished in 1935 (Spellissy 1989, 241). There is now no standing remains at the site of either the castle or the house. Compiled by: Denis Power Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 12 May 2020

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