Terryglass Castle

Terryglass Castle
Native name Caiseal Thír Dhá Ghlas (Irish)
Terryglass Castle, 2009
Type	Fortified house
Location	Terryglass, County Tipperary, Ireland
Coordinates	53.059436°N 8.211932°W / 53.059436; -8.211932
Built	1219–32
Owner	private
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Terryglass Castle
Reference no.	363
Location of Terryglass Castle in Ireland

Terryglass Castle, also called the Old Court, is a fortified house and a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland.[1]

Location

Terryglass Castle is located in the northeast corner of Lough Derg.

History

Tirdaglass Castle, 1833

An early Christian monastery was established here in the 6th century by Columba, who died around AD 552.^[citation needed]

Terryglass Castle is listed as having contributed to taxation of the diocese in 1302-1307 and is mentioned as having a covered chancel in the Royal Visitation of 1615, although by the Civil Survey of 1654–56 only a churchyard is mentioned.[2]

Building

plan, 1833

Terryglass is a four-towered keep built by the Marshall family. The castle was constructed between 1219 and 1232 by John Marshall. By 1232, John Marshall was listed as having significant debts to King Henry III, who used the castle and surrounding lands as security against the debts.

The castle was to change hands many times passing to Nicholas Dunheaued in 1275–76, Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland in 1289, William Marshall in 1290, Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster in 1323 and James Butler in 1589.[3][4]

References

1. Leask, Harold G. (1 January 1943). "Terryglass Castle, Co. Tipperary". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 13 (4): 141–144. JSTOR 25510407.
2. "Terryglass, Church and Bawn, Co. Tipperary".
3. "Terryglass Castle, Co. Tipperary".
4. Larkin, Patrick (2012), "The Castles Of Lough Derg: An Illustrated Survey", Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 64: 29, JSTOR 24612853