What is recorded here

Whitmore Castle vanished from Sheep Street before memory could hold its shape, leaving behind a gap the city still trips over. O'Flaherty admitted the site was unknown, not because the castle never existed but because Limerick stopped repeating its name. That silence is not emptiness. It is a room where the floor has been removed, forcing every claim about the place to hang in air.

The precise location of Whitmore Castle which stood on Sheep Street has not been identified. According to O'Flaherty (2010, 27) there was a 'Whitmore Castle, Sheep St, site unknown'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 20 December 2019

Whitmore Castle, associated with Sheep Street in Limerick, was likely built by the Whitmore family, an influential Anglo-Norman clan in the region during the late medieval period. Its importance lies in its connection to the historical development of Limerick City and the presence of Norman settlers in the area.

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