Drummin Castle (in ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Drummin Castle stood as a tower house on a low Tipperary rise, held in trust by Lord Ikerrin and John Purcell for the proprietor of Ballyknockan in 1641. Time has stripped it to grass-covered footings, erasing the barrel vault and slit openings once visible in its south wall. The empty ground still outlines a narrow rectangle, inviting imagination to populate the vanished rooms with heat, shadow and human noise.

Situated on a low rise of ground in an undulating upland area with a nearby castle site (TN030-024----) to the E. This castle was held in trust for the proprietor of Ballyknockan by Lord Ikerrin and John Purcell in 1641 (O'Meagher 1890, 122; Stout 1984, 134). Only the grass-covered wall-footings of the site survive to indicate the site of a castle marked on the latest ed. OS 6-inch map. Described in the OS Letters as a stump of castle measuring 44ft 6in (c. 13.6m) E-W by 23ft (7m) N-S which survived to first-floor level with evidence of a barrel vault over this floor (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 85). There were two slit opes visible in the S wall with no evidence of any cut stone used in its construction. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Drummin Castle was held in trust for the proprietor of Ballyknockan by Lord Ikerrin and John Purcell in 1641. It is remembered for its historical association with landholding and political alliances in 17th-century Ireland.

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