What is recorded here

Oughterard Castle stands in a quiet Kildare pasture, its limestone angles waiting for the missing story. The west wall still protrudes where an external stair once climbed into the dark, while the third floor was later changed into a dovecote. John Alen died in 1636 holding the castle and ten messuages, but the stones suggest a older, less documented life.

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

Oughterard Castle in County Kildare was built in the 17th century by the O'Byrne family, a prominent Gaelic Irish clan. It is remembered as a symbol of local resistance and adaptation during the turbulent period of English colonization in Ireland.