What is recorded here

Cullam Castle stands as a broken north wall on a hill above the River Maigue, holding the memory of a rectangular tower that guarded the waterway from 1201 until parliamentary forces dismantled it. During the 1651 conquest, Captain Thady Burke defended the stronghold against Sir Hardress Waller, though a tragic miscommunication caused tower soldiers to fire on entering troops, wounding Waller before he restrained his men from revenge. The site still carries the weight of that violent misunderstanding, preserving a sandy gravel floor and earthwork bawn where fifty men once stood guard against history itself.

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

Cullam Castle was built in the 13th century by the FitzGerald family, the influential Norman lords of Kildare who extended their influence into Munster. It is remembered as an example of early Norman expansion and settlement in west Limerick.