What is recorded here

Adam Petit's castle stood beside Sir Thomas Nugent's Castle on the north side of Main Street, yet no exact spot remains marked. Sir Henry Piers wrote in 1682 that old fashionable castles were demolished to make room for more commodious houses, erasing their shapes from the town.

Listed in the 1641-53 Survey of Mullingar as Adam Petit's castle located next to Sir Thomas Nugent's Castle (WM019-089042-). Located on the N side of Main St. The precise location of this castle within the historic town of Mullingar has not been identified (Andrews and Davies 1992, 10). Described in 1653 as 'lying and being from the walls of the said town on the north, Richard Nelan's house on the east, the street [Maint St.] on the south, and Adam Pettyts castle on the west' (Ibid., 15). In 1682 Sir Henry Piers recorded that in the town of Mullingar (WM019-089----) there were, ‘ancient buildings here [that] were old fashionable castles (WM019-089001-; WM019-089008-; WM019-089010-; WM019-089029-; WM019-089030-; WM019-089032-), some of which remain yet, and some are demolished, and better or at least more commodious houses are built in their room’ (Vallancey 1786, 78). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 July 2014

Adam Petit held the castle in the mid-17th century, as recorded in the 1641-53 Survey of Mullingar, and it was situated near the stronghold of Sir Thomas Nugent, a prominent local figure. Its mention in historical land surveys highlights its role in the regional power dynamics and land ownership of the period.

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