What is recorded here

Castle Rag is a small two-storied limestone castle near Jigginstown in County Kildare, possibly held by Roland FitzEustace in 1486. Its narrow spiral stairs, loop holes and projecting chimney reveal a tight domestic stronghold rather than a grand palace. The surviving parapets and robbed doorway suggest people once lived, watched and warmed themselves inside walls now reduced to a quiet ruin on a gentle pasture slope.

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

Built in the 13th century, Castle Rag was held by the de Lacy family, influential Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland. It is remembered as part of the medieval frontier castles that helped consolidate English control in the region.