DURROW DEMESNE
OS 8:12:3 (916,235) Not Indicated OD 200-300 23178, 23069
Castle (site) Situated in pasture-land to W of Durrow monastic site (652) and immediately S of Durrow Abbey House. The Annals of Loch Ce record that Hugh de Lacy while reviewing his completed 'castle' of Durrow in 1186, was murdered by the foster son of O Catharnaigh of Munterhagan. A subsequent reference mentions the completion of a castle by the English at Durrow in 1214 (Ann. Clon.., 227). The 'castle ' of 1186 is likely to have been the motte (812) which is situated to S of Durrow Abbey House and it is possible that a stone castle was erected on or near it c.1214. Rev. Sterling de Courcy Williams (1899, 252) was of the opinion that the castle stood to the N of the motte. The abbey and the lands of Durrow were granted to Nicholas Herbert in 1561 and in 1567 having endured 'daily robberies and spoils' he stressed the importance of building 'strongholds and castle well manned' in order to defend the property. In return for a fee farm he offered to build two 'warrlyke castle' for himself and his two sons which Elizabeth I stipulated he erect within two years (Loeber 1991, 13)
8:30(02) 4-6-93

ERRY (Maryborough)
1OS 8:6:5 'Castle (in ruins)' OD 200-300 22584, 23200
Castle (site) Situated in pasture-land S of the town Clara. Part of the estate of Edward MaGeoghegan described in 1611 as including a 'ruinous castle, mill and two ploughlands'. It subsequently passed to Sir Edmund Fitz-Gearld after MaGeoghan was slain in rebellion. In 1621 the Erry estate with its ruined castle was granted to Charles Lambert (Loeber Survey 1988). The field in which the site lies was in a meadow at time of last visit which obscured its low wall-footings. An earlier report (ITA Survey 1942 ) described a large rectangular area (dims. 35m E-W x 40m N-S) enclosed by an earthen bank and an external fosse within the S half of which the poorly preserved wall-footings of a castle were visible.
8:18(01) 25-6-93

FADDAN MORE
OS 14:14:3 (4132,151) 'Faddanmore Castle (site of )' OD 100-200 20701,22322
Castle (site) Situated in low-lying pasture-land N of Belmont village. A Mac Coghlan stronghold built c. 1500 and first mentioned in the annals in 1520 (AFM., vol. 5, 1520). It was held intermittently by O'Madden c. 1691 and disposed to the Earls of Cork and Arran in the period after the rebellion. Mentioned in the will of Daniel Coghlan in 1663 (Loeber Survey 1988). No visible remains at ground level. (Cooke 1875, 335-9; O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 58-9; ITA Survey 1942)
14:26 23-11-93

FRANCKFORT
OD 45:10:4 (306,191) 'Frankfort Castle' OD 300-400 20616, 18523
Castle (site) Situated on pasture-land N of the village of Dunkerrin. Identified as O'Carroll's castle of Dunkerrin which was by 1666 was in the ownership of Thomas Francks. In 1740 it was the property of Francis Rolleston (Cooke 1875, 223) The present remains at 'Franckfort Castle' are of 18th/19th-century date and include a bawn incorporating an earlier datestone of 1732 and a moat about about the site which is of the same period. No visible remains of medieval buildings.
45:45 12-4-94

GARBALLY (Ballyboy By.)
OS 24:9:1 (74,264) 'Garbally Castle (in ruins)' OD 200-300 22298, 21813
Castle (site) Situated in pasture-land immediately W of Idle Corner crossroads. An earlier report (ITA Survey 1942 ) suggested that this site was possibly a tower house of the 16th century. It was in the owership of James Griffin in 1641 (Loeber Survey 1988).
24:26(01) 28-6-93

GLENACURRAGH
OS 38:12:3 (864,300) OD 400-500 21196,19923
Castle (site) Situated in pasture-land and shown on both first and current OS eds. adjoining the NW end of the later 'Glenacurragh Castle' house. The Down survey barony map of Ballybritt 1657 shows a ruined gabled house in the townland. No visible remains of this structure remain at ground level.
38:13 18-2-94

GORTEEN (Kilcoursey By.)
OS 2:9:4 (51,174) Not Indicated OD 200-300 22260, 23638
Castle (site) Situated the village of Tober. No visible remains at ground level.
2:15 29-6-93

GORTEEN (Kilcoursey By.)
OS 2:13:4 (51,174) 'Gorteen Castle' OD 100-200 22320, 23550
Castle (site) Situated in pasture-land SSE of the village of Tober with Gorteen House immediately W and Kilmanaghan church and graveyard (672) to SSW. AN early 17th century map of 'Fox's Country' indicates a castle in this townland (Loeber Survey 1988). No visible remains at ground level.
2:26(01) 29-6-93

KILCUMMIN
OS 14:9:6 (184, 162) Not Indicated OD 100-200 20459, 22332
Castle site Situated in pasture-land. The site of the castle is now occupied by Kilcummin House. In a letter to Lord Deputy St John concerning the projected plantation of Delvin Mac Coghlan, dated 1620, Mathew de Renzy described the ruined Kilcummin Castle, then in the possession of Sir John Mac Coghlan, as having been built by the English and 'ruinated by Art mac Cormac [Mac Coghlan]' (Mac Cuarta 1987, 176). No visible remains at ground level.
14:48 23-11 -93