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Situated on flat pasture with extensive views in all directions. Marked as 'Cloghprior Castle' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. No visible evidence of any castle mentioned in the Civil Survey 1654-56 as a 'ruined castle the walls onely standing', (Simington 1934, Vol. 2, 341) in the area. The present Cloghprior House was built a few metres to the SE of the building marked as 'Cloghprior Castle' on the 1st. ed. OS 6-inch map. According to owner of Cloghprior House there is a local tradition of a castle next to the house (SMR file 1991).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 6 July 2016
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