- Castletown Castle
- Bunclody Road
- Carlow
- County Carlow
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
Castletown Castle Bunclody Road, Carlow - A small 19th Tudor/Gothic
house incorporating a truncated tower-house which was greatly altered by
William Roberston in 1835. Now a fine neo-gothic castle with beautifully
cut ashlar granite featuring the usual ornate Robertson hallmarks.
The
original castle had several owners including the Kavanaghs, Bagenals,
George Carew and the Earl of Kildare. Its owner for a short period in
the I780's was the wayward Thomas "Buck" Whaley, who squandered a
fortune of £60,000 and estates in three counties before he died, almost
penniless, in 1800, aged 34. Castletown has been owned by the Monahan
family since 1932.
Image of Castle from
"Come Capture Castles" by Victor Hadden
Description acording to The National Inventory of
Architectural Heritage is a detached five-bay two-storey Tudor Revival
house with half-dormer attic, c.1835, incorporating fabric of tower
house, c.1550, and house, c.1750, with three-storey tower to front
having projecting open porch, mullioned windows and flanking turret.
Interior retains joinery, c. 1750 - c.1835. Designed by Daniel
Robertson.
CASTLES OF
CARLOW
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