liscarroll castle

A 13th century castle built by the De Barrys, possibly by David Oge de Barry. it is a large square in shape, with rounded turrets at each corner.
The entrance was through the south wall where there is a large oblong tower with a long passage which was closed by a heavy door and which possibly had a portcullis.

This tower was heavily modified in the 15th or 16th century. Opposite it, in the north wall, there is another square tower. Buildings were undoubtedly built agains the interior walls, but none of these survives.
Around 1625 the castle fell into the hands of Sir Philip Perceval, but he lost it in a siege in 1642 when it was taken by Lord Castlehaven for the Irish.

In Cromwellian times it was returned to the Percevals, and it remained in the possession of their descendants, the Earls of Egmont, for many years.