Tully's Castle
| Tully's Castle Irish: Caisleán Uí Mhaoltuile | |
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County Dublin | |
|---|---|
 Monastery Road with Tully's Castle visible | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | O07323124 |
| Location: | 53°19’15"N, 6°23’24"W |
| Village: | Clondalkin |
| History | |
| Built 16th century | |
| Information | |
Tully's Castle is a castle in Clondalkin in County Dublin. It is found on Monastery Road.
The castle has been declared to be a National Monument.
Description
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Tully's Castle consists of a tall narrow tower (perhaps of the 16th century) and part of an adjoining building on its northwest side (thought to have been built in the 17th century).
There are two door-like apertures on the south-west side of the tower. All of the window openings in the tower are narrow, and most of them are blocked.
Although the crenellations are damaged, enough remains to show that they were of the Irish style. There is a row of weeper openings at roof level.
The tower may, by its appearance, have been part of a larger tower house, possibly housing the stairs or the garderobe. The ruins now form part of the garden wall of a modern house. Given the unstable nature of Ireland in the seventeenth century, and particularly raids by the Byrnes on this part of Dublin, such constructions offered their owners security. The Pale.
The castle was owned by the Tully family during the 18th and 19th centuries.
References
- Ireland In Ruins: Clondalkin Round Tower, Church & Castle Co Dublin
- Tully's Castle: Ed Mooney Photography
- Tullys Castle: Irish Antiquities
- Clondalkin - Walking Tour</ref>