What is recorded here

Castle Field still bears the name of a castle that no longer exists. The walls disappeared before the field became pasture, leaving behind a rectangular ghost in the soil and a village memory that refused to fade. What remains is not stone but shape: a place where human hands built, held, and released.

According to the OSL (Herity 2005, 42), '… there is a field called Castlefield (where) there stood formerly a Castle, the walls of which were entirely cleared away more than 30 years ago'. However, the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map names an unroofed, rectangular structure (est. dims. L c. 18m N-S ; Wth c. 10m) 'Site of Timahoe Castle', at the NE end of 'Castle Field'. On gently undulating pasture c. 250m S of a church (KD009-008001-) and graveyard (KD009-008002-). No visible surface traces survive. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

The site of Timahoe Castle in Timahoe West is believed to have been built by the de Burgo family in the 13th century. It is remembered for its historical association with the Anglo-Norman expansion in Leinster and its strategic significance in the region during the medieval period.

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