Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
Only the lower walls of a poorly preserved castle survive at Cully. This fortification was an O' Molloy castle (Shaw 1971, 57). Described by Shaw (1971, 57) as 'the slight remains of Cully castle are on the right-hand side of Cully lane, about 250 yards from the main road. A headstone in Lynally over Constantine Molloy, of Cully, states he died in 1683'. Armorial stone (OF024-004002-) was taken from the castle to America in the 1930's (OHAS file). Described in 1974 by the Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society (OHAS) as the 'Original walls [of the castle] on the South and West about 1-2m high. The east wall is incorporated into a cottage (since destroyed). The original wall on the W side 12m long with extension N adding on another 3m' (OHAS file 1974).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 December 2012
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.