What is recorded here

Longgraigue Castle stood as a tower house towards the head of a small valley in County Wexford, where the Bryan family held two hundred acres by the mid-seventeenth century. Walter Bryan leased the land in 1616, and his son James inherited the property while the structure remained in repair. Today the northern wall and granite quoins are buried inside an eighteenth-century house, hiding the castle’s original shape beneath domestic comfort.

The earliest reference is from 1616 when Robert Rawcettor (Rossiter) of Bargy (WX047-047----) and Walter Bryan of Scar-carrig (WX046-07001-) leased land at Longraigue from Rosegarland (Hore 1900-11, vol. 2, 193). According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) where the castle is described as in repair, James Bryan, the son of Walter, is recorded as the heir to 200 acres at Longraige (Simington 1953, 92). The castle is also marked on the Down Survey map (1655-6) in the National Library of Ireland (ms 725). It is located towards the head of a small SW-NE valley. The base of the wall with a base-batter on the N wall and a base-batter and granite quoins at the SE angle is incorporated into Longgraigue House, an 18th century house, according to this website accessed 7 February, 2013: (http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WX&regno=15704027). See the attached section from the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map (N at left) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 19 February, 2013

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