What is recorded here

Oldcourt is a vanished court on a steep Kilkenny slope above the River Nore, remembered through grey wall fragments and a dashed circle on an early map. Tradition names Griffin McCroo as its owner and ties him to Ross McCroo, the foundress of New Ross. The ground has taken back most of the building, but the name still points to a house powerful enough to give a place its identity.

On a steep SW-facing slope above River Nore. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 25m) is indicated by a dashed line as the ‘Site of Old Court’ on the 1st (1839-40) ed. OS 6-inch map. The dashed line suggests the general area where the building is located, and that it was not visible above ground in 1839-40. However, according to Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 123), ‘Oldcourt derives its name from an ancient building that formerly stood here, within a few perches of the hill-road from Inistioge to New Ross. The site is marked on the Ordnance Map. Only the grey, strong enclosing walls now remain. Tradition states that a court stood here, and that, ages ago, it was the residence of “Griffin McCroo,” brother of “Ross McCroo,” the foundress of New Ross’. The building is not visible at ground level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 October 2016

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