Ballycowan Castle
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| General information | |
| Type | Castle / Fortified House |
| Location | Ballycowan, County Offaly, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°16′35″N 7°33′31″W / 53.276419°N 7.558745°W |
| Completed | 1589 |
Ballycowan Castle is a castle located 4 km west of Tullamore, County Offaly. It was built in 1589 as a fortified house by Thomas Morres.
The castle was built on the previous site of the O’Molloy castle or tower house called Baile-mhic-Abhainn which was destroyed by a fire in 1557.[1]
The adjacent tower was built by Sir Jasper Herbert and his wife Lady Jane Finglas in 1626 on land given to them during plantations.[citation needed]
During the Cromwellian period the southern end of the castle was blown up from a hill 100 yards away. The lands on which the castle stood were confiscated and handed over to the Earl of Mountrath in 1666.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ballycowan Castle, Co. Offaly".
- ^ Ballycowan Castle (PDF) (Report).