What is recorded here

Keelagh Castle vanished into a later house, its stones pulled apart and reborn in walls built a century after the castle fell. Davies still believed part of the castle stood in 1948, but the house itself was already old enough to make that belief impossible. The truth is plainer and sharper: the castle did not survive, it was consumed.

Castle site situated S of a late 19th/early 20th-century house which itself was constructed from the castle material (local information). Davies (1948, 123) recorded what he believed to be a standing portion of the castle. However, this is unlikely as the later house is at least 100 years old. (Wilsdon 2010, 191-98) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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