Kilmeage Castle

According to O'Grady (1904-5, 462-4), the castle was a stronghold of a branch of the Fitzgerald family, and is mentioned in 1553 and in 1650 when it was taken by Cromwellian troops under Hewson. O'Grady also reproduces a photograph taken c. 1900, entitled 'Remains of Kilmeague Castle' which shows a two-storied structure with traces of an almost destroyed third-floor, and a possible bawn wall. The castle was built of sandstone with randomly coursed, rubble masonry, and appears to have had a mural stairs. It stood at the foot of a S-facing, pasture slope with wet, marshy ground immediately to the S, but no upstanding remains survived in 1986 (SMR File). (Valkenburg 1970, 525) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Kilmeage Castle was held by a branch of the Fitzgerald family in the 16th century and was captured by Cromwellian forces in 1650. It is remembered as a site of resistance during the Irish Confederate Wars.