What is recorded here

Conor O'Reilly probably built the Cordoagh castle in the 15th century, but the Fleming family held the land by 1641 and the Place was abandoned after the Plantation. The Down Survey still marked a fortified enclosure with a house, yet no convincing remains are visible today. The missing northwest wall may have vanished during road construction, erasing the entrance where people once entered.

Probably erected by Conor O'Reilly in the 15th century, land at Muff and Cordoagh had passed to the Fleming family by 1641. Apparently the castle was abandoned after the Plantation, although it is marked on the Down Survey (1656-8) map as a fortified enclosure with a house at Monagh (15), for which see this web-page accessed on 12/04/2016 http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/down-survey-maps.php#bm=Clanchie&c=Cavan Although there are now no convincing visible remains at ground level, an earlier account (Davies 1947a, 100) described what may have been the remains of three walls of a bawn enclosing an irregular rectangle (dims c. 58m x c. 43.8m). The wall on the NW side, which is likely to have had the entrance, may have been removed during road construction. Local tradition associates this site with the 'Fair Green' at Muff (CV035-058----). Date of upload: 12 April, 2016

Built by Conor O'Reilly in the 15th century, the castle at Cordoagh was later held by the Fleming family by 1641. It is remembered as a historical marker of early modern land transitions in the region, particularly following the Plantation of Ulster.

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