Fennor Castle (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Fennor Castle stood on high pasture ground in County Tipperary, praised as a good castle in the 1650s, but today only a slender fragment of north and west walls remains, hidden from easy view. Pierce Butler owned the lands in 1640, and the Turvin family later built a house at its foot before abandoning it in the early 1700s. The ruins still hold the shape of a place people lived, defended, and forgot.

The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes 'The Castle and Bawne of Fenor inhabited' as 'a good castle' with Pierce Butler listed as proprietor of the lands in 1640 (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 101, 120). It is situated on high ground, in pasture, with good views in all directions. A church (TS043-003003-) and graveyard (TS043-003004-) are located 130m to the SW. The castle and associated bawn (TS043-003002-) are not visible at ground level. The castle is described in the OS Letters as 'a high but slender fragment ….Only a part of the north and west walls of this building remains, five feet ten inches [1.8m] in thickness and about forty feet [12m] in height' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 160). According to the OS Letters a house was built at the foot of the castle by the Turvin family which appears to have been abandoned in the early 1700s (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Fennor Castle was held by Pierce Butler in 1640 and was described as a "good castle" in the 1654–5 Civil Survey. It is remembered as a notable structure in the regional historical record of the 17th century.

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