What is recorded here

Mullingar once held several fashionable castles east of the River Brosna, but their exact locations have been lost. In 1682 Sir Henry Piers described ancient buildings that had become demolished or replaced by more commodious houses. The Old Castle recorded in 1724 may be one of those vanished structures, buried beneath the town that grew around it.

The precise location of this castle located E of the River Brosna within the historic town of Mullingar (WM019-089----) has not been identified (Andrews and Davies 1992, 10). Recorded as Old Castle in 1724 (Ibid.). 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

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