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Situated on flat pastureland with good views in all directions within the medieval borough of Modreeny (TN010-084----). Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as an 'old castle and bawne the walls onely standing, a decayed orchard and a garden plott wth som decaying inclosures and quicksetts & three thatcht houses' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 288). John Carroll is listed as proprietor in 1640 (ibid.). The scattered and confused fallen masonry from a castle has been converted into a nineteenth-century rockery by the occupiers of Modreeny House located to the W. No architectural features visible.
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.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
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