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The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick there was on the lands of Islandmore [Castletown] belonging to Major General Sir Hardress Waller ‘a ruinous Castle [LI003-008001-], sixteene cottages a pigeon house, one orchard and one weare seate on the River of Shanen’ (Simington 1938, 353). The precise location of this dovecote within the townland of Castletown has not been identified, it was presumably located in close proximity to the medieval castle. The castle of Castletown Waller, which was besieged in 1642, was located, according to Westropp (1906-7, 157), in the immediate vicinity of Castletown Manor. This house was demolished in 1935 (Spellissy 1989, 241). There is now no standing remains at the site of either the castle or the house.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 12 May 2020
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