What is recorded here

Castle hunting becomes castle guessing when the name points to a house instead of a tower. Clonmore may have had a great stone residence, broken open by time or conflict, whose rooms disappeared under grass and memory. The true castle is the absence itself: a shape large enough to be remembered, but vanished so completely that even its field has been forgotten.

Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'one old stumpe of a castle in Clonemore irrepayreablely demolished' (Simington 1931, vol.1, 4), another reference to 'the ruines of a large stone house' in 'the Parcell [of land] called Clonemore' (ibid. 21) may refer to the same building. This castle/house is unlocated within the townland. It has been given the sub-class possible as the castle may refer to a large house. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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