| Castle Name | Condition | Description | Early Founder(s) -- Time Period(s) Contructed | Barony | Parish/Townland | Ord | Residency | Links |
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| Ballinkillin Hill Fort | Ruins | Hill Fort - | Idrone East | Lorum, Lorum | S723563 | Megalithomania Web Site: Ballinkillin -- http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/334 | ||
| Ballyhacket Lower Hill Fort | Hill Fort - | Rathvilly | Kineagh, Ballyhacket Lower | S831796 | Megalithomania Web Site: Ballyhacket Lower -- http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/100 | |||
| Ballyloughan Castle (Ballylaugham, Baltylorgan) | Ruin | Castle - "It is a picturesque pile, and, though now roofless, is about 50 feet high, with projecting round towers in front, flanking the gateway, which is arched with hewn stone. The walls are about five feet thick, and the second floor, supported by an arch, still remains, and is gained by a flight of steps." | 13th?
-- Built by -- ??? 14th -- Abandoned 16th -- Owned by -- Kavanagh Family ???? -- Residence of -- Donogh Kavanagh ???? -- Ownership transferred to -- Bagnal Family 19th -- Bought by -- Bruens |
Idrone East | Slyguff, Bagenalstown | S746585 | National Monument | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/slyguff.htm Gazetteer (Pictures and History) -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/carlow/ballyloughan.html Dark Isle: Castles and Fortifications of Ireland (Pictures and History) -- http://www.darkisle.com/ireland/indexcastles.html Eibhilín a Rúin - Eilene Aroon (James F. Cavanaugh ) -- http://www.kavanaghfamily.com/articles/2002/jamesf20020531.htm A History of Bagenalstown (Picture) -- http://www.bagenalstown-festival.com/history_bagenalstown.html |
| Ballymoon Castle | Ruin | Castle - "the ruins of the castle of the preceptory of the Knights Templars; the walls, which are 8 feet in thickness and 30 in height, enclose a square of 130 feet, flanked by four square towers, and having a gateway entrance on the west side." | C13-14th - Built by - Roger Bigod or Carew Family | Idrone East | Slyguff, Bagenalstown | S740615 | National Monument | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/dunleck.htm Gazetteer (Pictures and History) -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/carlow/ballymoon.html Dark Isle: Castles and Fortifications of Ireland (Pictures and History) -- http://www.darkisle.com/ireland/indexcastles.html IrelandsEyes.com : Ballymoon Castle, County Carlow -- http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/travel/attractions/castles/ballymc.shtm A History of Bagenalstown (Picture) -- http://www.bagenalstown-festival.com/history_bagenalstown.html |
| Carlow Castle (1) | Ruin | Castle - "… historical evidence remains which records that Hugh de Lacy built a castle for him[John de Clahull] in Obargi, which can probably now be identified with the earth and timber fore-runner of Carlow Castle." | 1180 - Constructed by - Hugh de Lacy for - John de Clahull | Carlow | Carlow, Carlow | S715771 | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carlowtown.htm Medieval Laois: Killeshin, Timahoe, Carlow Castle & Dunamase (History)-- http://www.rsai.ie/index.cfm?action=obj.display&obj_id=107 Dark Isle: Castles and Fortifications of Ireland (Pictures and History) -- http://www.darkisle.com/ireland/indexcastles.html History of Carlow Castle -- https://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/Carlow_Castle.htm Database of Irish Excavation Reports -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Carlow&id=1943 |
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| Carlow Castle (2) | Ruin | Castle - "… consist only of one side of the quadrangle, at each end of which is one of the massive round towers that flanked its angles;... the length of the side from tower to tower is 105 feet. The walls are of very great thickness, and shew that it must have been a fortress of much strength" | 1207
- Built by - William le Mareshal ,Earl of Pembroke and Lord of the Manor
of Carlow 1306 - Given possession to - The Crown ???? - Given to - Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Norfolk 1397 - Castle surprised and taken by - Donald McArt Kavanagh 1494 - Castle Attacked by - James Fitzgerald of Kildare 1534 - Castle taken by - Lord Thomas Fitzgerald ("the Silken Knight") 1537 - Possession taken by - The Crown 1577 - Town and castle attacked by - Rory Oge O'More 1616 - Castle Granted to - Donogh O'Brien, Earl of Thomond (by King James I) 1641-2 - Castle attacked by - Sir Morgan Kavanagh 1647 - Castle surrendered to - Thomas Preston 1650 - Castle damaged and surrenders to - Sir Hardress Waller (Oliver Cromwell's Republican army under General Ireton) ???? - Castle returned to - O'Brien Murrogh O'Brien, Earl of Thomond 1798 - Town and Castle assaulted by - Insurgents 1814 - Conversion to lunatic asylum causes 3 walls to fall. - Dr. Middleton |
Carlow | Carlow, Carlow | S715771 | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carlowtown.htm Medieval Laois: Killeshin, Timahoe, Carlow Castle & Dunamase (History)-- http://www.rsai.ie/index.cfm?action=obj.display&obj_id=107 Dark Isle: Castles and Fortifications of Ireland (Pictures and History) -- http://www.darkisle.com/ireland/indexcastles.html Database of Irish Excavation Reports -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Carlow&id=1943 History of Carlow Castle -- https://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/Carlow_Castle.htm |
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| Castle Grace | None | Castle - | ???? - Residence of - Grace Family (of Raymond le Gros) | Rathvilly | Tullow, Tullow | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/tullow.htm |
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| Castlemore's Castle (Castlemore Moat) | Ruin | Castle - "Among the lands granted to him was the Barony of Forth O'Nolan in County Carlow, where he built a strong mote-and-bailey castle." | C12th - Built by - Raymond le Gros | Rathvilly | Fennagh, Castlemore | National Monument | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/fennagh.htm Castles of Ireland -- http://www.castlestoshamrocks.com/ruins_c.html |
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| Castletown Castle (Bunclody Road) | Full | Tower-House - "A small 19th Tudor/Gothic house incorporating a truncated tower-house which was greatly altered by William Roberston in 1835." | ????
- Owned by - Kavanaghs, Bagenals, George Carew and the Earl of Kildare 1780's - Owned by - Thomas "Buck" Whaley 1932 - Owned by - Monohan Family |
Carlow | Carlow, Carlow | Ballintemple: Towns, Castles, Monuments -- http://www.ballintemple.com/leisure/towns.html | ||
| Clogrennan Castle (Cloughgrennan, Sir Edmond's Castle) | Ruin | Castle - "… on the banks of the River Barrow is to be seen Clogrennan Castle, now in ruins and covered with ivy… | ????
- Castle owned by - Kavanaghs 1490 - Castle purchased by - Earls of Arran, Dukes of Ormonde 1568 - Castle taken by - Sir P. Carew c1600 - Residence of - Sir E. Butler, 10th Duke of Ormonde 1641 - Castle attacked by - Irish Rebels |
Idrone West | Cloydagh, Clogrenan | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/counties/laois/hist/cloydagh.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/laois/laoiscounty.htm Extract's from 'The History of the Queen's county': Parish of Cloydagh -- http://www.from-ireland.net/counties/laois/hist/cloydagh.htm Ballin Temple History: The Butlers of Ballin Temple -- http://www.ballintemple.com/history/butler.html |
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| Clonmore Castle | Ruin | Castle - "The ruins form three sides of a quadrangle, 170 feet square, of which the fourth has been demolished; at the angles are towers, and the whole was surrounded by a deep fosse, now filled up; several cabins have been built within the walls. " | C13th
- Built by - ???? 1332 - Taken by - English 1516 - Captured by - Earl of Kildare 1598 - Captured by - Earl of Ormond 1650 - Taken by - Col. Hewson (Cromwell's Forces) |
Rathvilly | Clonmore, Clonmore | S961762 | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/clmore.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm Gazetter -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/carlow/clonmorecastle.html Go Ireland Web Site: Clonmore Castle And High Crosses -- http://www.goireland.com/scripts/Low/premises.asp?PremisesID=11655 |
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| Clonmullen castle | None | Castle - "… of which some traces were in existence about fifty years since, though now obliterated by the plough…" | ????
- Residence of - Donell Spaniagh C17th - in possession of - Sir Morgan Kavanagh ???? - Residence/Prison of? - Ellen Kavanagh |
Forth | Barragh, Clonmullen | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/barragh.htm Nolan Ancestry -- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nolenancestry/page1.html |
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| Clowater castle | Ruins | Castle - ".. 'there are. the remains of a castle in Clowater.' No stone of this castle now remains in situ, but men not above 60 years of age remember to have seen the walls standing to a height of 20 feet." | Idrone East | Bagenalstown/Ballyellin, Clowater | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/bellin.htm Bagenalstown Parish Web Site -- http://www.bagenalstownparish.com/local_history.htm |
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| Duckett’s Grove | Partial* | Castellated Mansion - "The mansion was later transformed into a spectacular castellated Gothic fantasy.." | 1830
- Transformed by - Thomas A Cobden for J D Duckett 1933 - Main Building burned |
Carlow | Killerick or Killerrig, Rainstown | S800791 | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/killerick.htm Carlow Toiurism Web Site (Picture and Info) -- http://www.carlowtourism.com/castles.html The Nationalist (Wednesday, October 13, 2004 ) --http://archives.tcm.ie/carlownationalist/2004/10/13/story22109.asp Duckett's Grove, Carlow (Pictures and History) -- https://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/ducket_grv.htm Ask About Ireland: Architecture Gallery (Pictures) -- http://www.askaboutireland.ie/show_image_gallery.do?institution_id=4&topic_id=2 |
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| Friarstown castle | Ruin | Castle - | Carlow | Killerick or Killerrig, Friarstown | Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/killerick.htm | |||
| Galbarstown Castle (Gilbertstown Castle) | None | Castle - | C14th
- Castle Taken by - Art Kavanagh McMurrogh C14th - Castle dismantled by - O'Nolans, the Mac Murroughs, and the O'Birnes |
Forth | Gilbertstown, Gilbertstown | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm A Popular History of Ireland: From the Earliest Priod to the Emancipation of the Catholics (By Thomas D'Arcy McGee) -- http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/history/ireland/book-6chapter3.html |
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| Garryhill Castle (Fennagh or Fenagh castle) | Ruin | House and Bailey - "His house would have been built of wooden structure "of clay and wattle made", the roof would have been thatched and surrounded by a kraal-like compound, housing a sizeable community of friends and followers." | C14th
- Residence of - Art Oge McMurragh [Kavanagh] (King of Leinster) 1394 - Attacked by - James II (King of England) |
Idrone East | Fennagh, Fennagh | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/fennagh.htm Castles to Shamrocks Web Site -- http://www.castlestoshamrocks.com/ruins_g.html The Handstand: Borris House, The Story of Art McMurragh --http://www.thehandstand.org/archive/august2005/articles/mcmurragh.htm |
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| Huntington Castle (Clonegal Castle) | Full* | Tower-House and Castellated Mansion - "Its three-storey four-bay castellated front seems hardly to have a straight line anywhere - the side walls gently leaning to one angle and the sash windows lying askew. The old core of Huntington Castle is a tower house built by Laurence..." | 1625
- Rebuilt by - Laurence, Lord Esmonde 1640 - Occupied by - Cromwellian Forces 1849 - Inherited by - Alexander Durdin 1880 - House in possession of - Herbert Robertson C20th - Owned by - Reverend Lawrence Durdin-Robertson (foundeer of The Fellowship of Isis) |
St. Mullin's Upper | Clonegal or Moyacomb, Clonegal | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/cgaltown.htm Carlow Tourism: Castles -- http://www.carlowtourism.com/castles.html Ireland: The Emerald Isle -- http://www.stormpages.com/i/irishtour/code/huntcast.html Go Ireland: Huntington Castle -- http://www.goireland.com/scripts/low/xq/asp/areaid.2968/areatype.T/cat.0/SubjectID.84/PremisesID.11715/qx/premises.htm Fellowship of Isis (Pictures)-- http://www.fellowshipofisis.com |
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| Kellystown Round Tower | None | Round Tower - "One of the ancient round towers stood here…" | 1807 - Tower pulled Down | Carlow | Kellistown, Kellistown | Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/kellistown.htm | ||
| Kilbelle Castle (Kellystown Castle)? | None | Castle - | C14th
- Castle Taken by - Art Kavanagh McMurrogh C14th - Castle dismantled by - O'Nolans, the Mac Murroughs, and the O'Birnes |
Carlow | Kellystown, Kellystown? | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm A Popular History of Ireland: From the Earliest Priod to the Emancipation of the Catholics (By Thomas D'Arcy McGee) -- http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/history/ireland/book-6chapter3.html |
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| Leighlinbridge Castle (1) ("Black Castle", "Black Rock Castle") | Ruin | Castle - | 1180
- built by - Hugh de Lacy ???? - Castle Granted to - John de Claville 1397 - Castle Taken by - Donald Mc Art [Kavanagh] |
Idrone East | Agha/Augha, Leighlinbridge | National Monument | Carlow
Town (Pigot & Co's Directory of 1824) -- https://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/pigot_Directory_Carlow.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/topog/l.php Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/fennagh.htm Carlow Tourism: Castles -- http://www.carlowtourism.com/castles.html Choose Ireland: Leighlinbridge Castle -- http://www.chooseireland.com/carlow/leighlinbridge-castle.html Go Ireland: Leighlinbridge Castle -- http://www.goireland.com/scripts/low/xq/asp/areaid.169/areatype.C/cat./SubjectID.77/PremisesID.11708/qx/premises.htm Dark Isle: Castles and Fortifications of Ireland (Pictures and History) -- http://www.darkisle.com/ireland/indexcastles.html |
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| Leighlinbridge Castle (2) (Black Castle, "Black Rock Castle", Castle of Laghlen) | Ruin | Castle - "...consisting of an oblong tower, about 50 feet high, completely capped with ivy; one of the floors resting on an arch is still remaining, and there is a flight of steps leading to the summit; it appears to have formed the north-western angle of a quadrangular enclosure, 315 feet in length and 234 feet wide, surrounded by a wall seven feet thick, with a fosse on the outside; part of the wall is standing on the west side, and at the south-eastern angle are the ruins of a round tower, the walls of which are ten feet in thickness." | 1547
- Rebuilt by - Edward Bellingham 1577 - Submitted to Siege by - Rory Og O’Moore 1642 - 300 imprisoned English freed by - Duke of Ormond’s army 1650 - Castle falls to - Colonel Hewson (Under Cromwell) |
Idrone East | Agha/Augha, Leighlinbridge | National Monument | http://www.carlowtourism.com/castles.html http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/fennagh.htm Dark Isle: Castles and Fortifications of Ireland (Pictures and History) -- http://www.darkisle.com/ireland/indexcastles.html |
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| Lorum Castle | None | Castle - | Idrone East | Lorum, Lorum | Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm | |||
| Old Leighlin Castle | None | Tower-House - "Edw. II. granted ... certain customs to build a tower for the defence of the town…" | 1310
- Grant given to - Ade Le Bretown 1399 - Succession to - Richard Rocomb |
Idrone West | Old Leighlin, Old Leighlin | Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/topog/l.php | ||
| Rathlyon? (Rathlyn Castle) or Rathville Castle? | None | Castle - | C14th
- Castle Taken by - Art Kavanagh McMurrogh C14th - Castle dismantled by - O'Nolans, the Mac Murroughs, and the O'Birnes |
Rathvilly | Tullow, Rathlyon or Rathville, Rathville | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm A Popular History of Ireland: From the Earliest Priod to the Emancipation of the Catholics (By Thomas D'Arcy McGee) -- http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/history/ireland/book-6chapter3.html |
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| Rathnegeragh Castle (Ranegeragh Castle) | Ruin | Castle - "square gatehouse" | ???? - Owned by - Kavanaghs | Idrone East | Fennagh/Fenagh, Rathnageeragh | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/fennagh.htm |
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| Rathvilly Motte (Ráth Bhile, "ring fort of the trees", "the 'Great Mound' and circular moat") | Ruin | Ring Fort - | C5th - Residence of - Crimthan, King of Leinster | Rathvilly | Rathvilly, Rathvilly | S890818 | Megalithomania
Web Site: Rathvilly Motte -- http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/324 Southeast Ireland Tourism: Towns & Villages in County Carlow > Rathvilly -- http://www.southeastireland.com/content.asp?id=64 |
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| St. Mullin's Round Tower | None | Round Tower - "The earliest remains are the very low stump of a Round Tower." | 632
- Ancient monastery founded by - St. Moling, or St. Mullin 951 - Plundered by - Vikings 1138 - Church and Monastery burned |
St. Mullin's Lower | St. Mullins, | S729380 | Gazetteer
(Picture and History) -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/carlow/stmullins.html Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/stmullins.htm |
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| Tullow Castle | None | Castle - "A 12th century motte castle." | ????
- Castle erected by - Hugh de Lacy ???? - Caretaker of Castle - John de Hereford (later the King John 1st of England) ???? - Castle Granted to - Theobald Walter (the founder of the Butler family) ???? - Possession of - Col. Butler 1650 - Castle Taken by - Cols. Hewson and Reynolds |
Rathvilly | Tullow, Tullow | S8574 | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/tullow.htm Tullow, County Carlow Web Site - http://www.tullowtown.com/ The Good Castle Guide - Ireland -- http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/t/tullow.htm |
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| White Castle | None | Castle - "...another fortress, built by one of the Fitzgeralds, and named for distinction White castle." | 1408
- Built by - Gerald, fifth Earl of Kildare [Fitzgerald] 1399 - Succession to - Richard Rocomb |
Idrone East | Agha/Augha, Leighlinbridge | Samual
Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/car/carcounty.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/topog/l.php |
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