Bawn in Strancally, County Waterford

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Situated on rock outcrop jutting into the N-S Blackwater River from the W bank. Strangcally was the inheritance of John, the youngest son of Gerald Óg, the youngest son of the eight Earl of Desmond. In 1579 James Fitzjohn, the last Geraldine owner of the castle, joined the Desmond Rebellion and was executed (O'Connell Redmond 1919, 21-4). In 1586 the castle was granted to Sir Walter Raleigh and by 1640 it was in the possession of John Gillard, although five years later it was besieged by Lord Castlehaven and ownership passed to the Earl of Cork (Simington 1942, 20). Strancally castle consists of the remains of a tower house (WA034-034----) and a hall (WA034-034001-) within a bawn and is situated on rock outcrop overlooking the N-S Blackwater River. Only one angle and the NW wall of the tower house survives (H c. 5m) with evidence of barrel vaulting. The tower house is at an angle on the perimeter of the bawn which is a D-shaped area (dims. c. 40m NW-SE; c. 35m NE-SW) defined by a straight rock-cut fosse (L c. 30m; Wth 4m; D 1m) on the NW side, a cliff on the W side, and what may be the remains of a wall running SE from the tower house. The E side is formed by the river, and the hall is on a lower shelf within jutting into the river. O'Connell-Redmond, G. (1918) The castles of north-east Cork and near its borders. JCHAS 24, 1-6, 62-6, 93-103, 145-51. O'Flanagan, M. (Compiler) (1929) Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Waterford collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1841. Typescript. Bray. Redmond, G. (1885-6a) Notes on the history, antiquities, archaeoloical remains and legends connected with the western end of the county Waterford, JRSAI, 17, 394-405. Simington, R. C. (ed.) (1942) The Civil Survey AD 1654-1656, vi, the County of Waterford. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Dublin.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA034-034002

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