What is recorded here

Drumnamahane Castle is a four-storey limestone tower house standing on a rock outcrop in North Tipperary, where Moreghe O'Kennane surrendered his claims to the Earl of Ormond in 1591 before the structure was recorded demolished by the Civil Survey of 1654-56. Its thick walls still hold murder holes, barrel-vaulted angle chambers and a hidden second-floor passage tucked inside a north window embrasure, suggesting people once moved through the building in ways that avoided sight. The lost bawn and vanished doorway imply a working defensive estate rather than a decorative ruin, even if pasture and vegetation have swallowed much of its outline.

Drumnamahane Castle is recorded as a castle in County Tipperary. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

Drumnamahane Castle was built in the 15th century by the Butler family, who were powerful Anglo-Norman lords in Ireland. It is remembered as an example of medieval frontier architecture and the influence of the Butler dynasty in the region.