Carrig East

Area

4,829 m² (0.48 ha, 1.19 acres)

Buildings

2 buildings touch it, 237 m² on the ground

Zoning

No zone of a development plan covers it in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply.

Townland

Carrig East

Planning applications on this parcel

No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.

Recorded monuments around it

This parcel is in the zone of notification of 2 recorded monuments.

• LI004-015 Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle
  Description

  Westropp recorded the following details about Carrigogunnel (Carraig Ó gCoinneall/rock of Uí Choinneall) Castle ; 'Granted by Charter to Donchad Cairbreach O'Brien, Prince of Thomond (Ann. Inisf.). The C[astle]. is said to have been occupied by the O'Briens in 1336 (Inq. Exchequer, 1, 1536). It has been supposed to be the C[astle]. of Esclon, but is nowhere identified as such. 1426 Teige O'Brien, "na glenore," ancestor of the O'Briens of Carrigogunnell, died (A.F.M.). 1502 Donough O'Brien, Lord of Pubblebrian and Aherloe, died (A.F.M.). This "strong Rock and House of Defence" of the O'Briens only appears in history in 1536. "When the Parliament adjourned that year to Limerick, Edward Lord Grey, the Deputy marched to a very strong C[astle]. called "Carekogunyel," "in English, Candell Rock," which was surrendered next day by Mat. (Mahon) O'Bryne, on condition that the Government should hold it themselves. "It stands on a high rock, and ... is the key of all the County," with the manor, " which belongs to the King as part of Lord Clerres lands." Grey, despite his pledge, was about to entrust it to Donoth O'Brien, but "by crafty policy and a former letter of my Lord" it was given back to Matthew. On August 22 the Lord Deputy besieged it. The ordnance was "bent" on the gate of the base court, which was soon taken. The guns were then "bent on the dungeon of the great Castle." That night a tower in the upper ward was taken, and at dawn the keep surrendered. As the Deputy had first summoned it on pain of death, he hanged Edm. Cahill and all its defenders after trial in Limerick (Carew MS., i,, pp. 104-5 ; C.S.P.I., 56, 65 ; Inq. Exch., 1). 1539 It was taken from Donough O'Brien for extortion (C.S.P.L). 1541 Mahon O'Brien used to claim a penny for each barrel of wine, and two pence on other barrels imported to Limerick (Inq. Exch.). 1580 Called " Carrig Gunning " C[astle]. (Hardiman Map, 63). 1584 It was held by Donough's son, Brian Duff, who was confirmed in nearly all Pubblebrian (Fi. 4486, 4615). 1615 He died, leaving a son Donat (Inq. Chan., 15b). 1638 Daniel O'Brien held the manor and C[astle]. with other lands. This Donough, or Daniel, was "of Downe," and third cousin of Brien, whose son Donough he succeeded, 1632. (Inq. Chan., 215). He married Margaret, daughter of Ric. Stephenson and his wife, Margaret, daughter of said Brien Duff. The C[astle]. does not seem to have played any part in the wars. In 1651 Capt. Wilson paid Morris King £7 for building a stable there (Hartwell's Accounts, P.R.O.I.). 1655 It had been sold by Donough to Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Dublin (B.D., p. 63), and had a C[astle], bawn, a few thatched huts, and a salmon fishery (C.S., xxxii., p. 29). 1666 Confirmed to Boyle (Act. Sett.). 1691 Held by garrison of 150 men, who surrendered to Sgravenmore. It was blown up in September. 1698 Held by Boyle, then Archbishop of Armagh (Terrier, P.R.O.I.). Fabric - It stands on a lofty plateau of igneous rock; but the buildings are of limestone, and well dressed. The keep is to the north-west, with five stories, and over 50 feet [15.25m] high; its north side was circular, but is now levelled. The south wing has a perfect staircase of sixty-five steps. To the west is a fragment of a later house three stories high, with cross-barred window, fireplace, and high end gable. A range of buildings over 100 feet [30m] long ran from the keep along the cliff to the south-west. It has four rooms with a garderobe and cell called the "Dane's prison." East of this wing is a paved upper court, with turrets; one to the south, with a stair, has been blown nearly off its base. The lower court is rough and craggy, the cliff being walled all around. There is a gateway to the south-east, a comer turret to the south, and an oblong house, two stories high, to the north-east. The walls enclose a little more than an acre. No reliable views have, to our knowledge, been hitherto published. The main buildings seem earlier than 1400. There are poor views in Grose, Bartlett, and Hall'. Castle described by Salter (1993, 104) as following; 'The castle lies on a volcanic crag overlooking the Shannon estuary. A very ruined round tower 10m in diameter in the north corner is 13th century and represents either a keep or a corner tower of a square courtyard castle. The hexagonal room west of it is perhaps 14th century and beyond is a later hall block with two cellars and a passage on the ground floor. East of the round tower is a four storey apartment block of the 16th century when a small inner court was created in front of the ranges. A large heart-shaped outer enclosure about 75m in each direction with a 15th century wall extends to the south and east away from the estuary. There are no flanking towers but the gateway lies in a projection near the rounded south corner and there are the remains of another range of apartments among bushes at the east corner. In 1536 Mahon O’Brien surrendered the castle to Lord Deputy Grey. It later passed to Donough O’Brien, and was eventually sold to Michael Boyle, subsequently Archbishop of Dublin. In 1691 a Jacobite garrison of 150 men surrendered the castle to William III’s forces and shortly afterwards General Ginckell had it blown up'. The castle was described by Salter (2004, 72) as following; 'a major seat of the O'Briens although probably founded by the de Burghs and then held by the earls of Desmond. In 1536 it was surrendered to Lord Deputy Grey after being battered by cannon, and Edmund Cahill and his garrison were all hanged, but the castle was later recovered by the O'Briens. In 1650 it was taken over by Cromwellians under Captain Wilson, who built a stable in the bawn, but in 1655 the castle was sold to Michael Boyle, later Archbishop of Dublin. In 1691 a Jacobite garrison of 150 men surrendered the castle to William Ill's forces and shortly afterwards General Ginckel had it blown up. The heart-shaped outer enclosure extending down the slope and containing a barn on the east side is 15th century, although the triangular projection flanking the entrance with gunloops is a 16th century improvement. The northern wall of the oval inner court 30m by 20m on the highest part of the site is 13th century. Here lay a hall over two cellars. In the 15th century a four storey tower with the lower rooms hexagonal in shape was added east of the hall, and beyond is a block of two storeys containing a suite of private chambers with large windows and fireplaces. Between these two parts are remains of a spiral staircase'. See attached plans of castle taken from Westropp 1908 and Salter 2004 Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 October 2020

• LI004-038 Metalworking site
  Description

  In well-drained, gently undulating pasture. Carrigogunnel Castle (LI004-015----) is perched on a volcanic rock outcrop c. 30m to SW. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified as a dense area of archaeological features discovered during archaeological testing (Licence No. 04E1476) (Collins 2004, 15-25). Six trenches (L 10-20m; Wth 1.5m) were excavated across the site which exposed a series of archaeological cuts and deposits including linear features, post-holes, areas of burning, as well as three possible ironworking kilns (ibid). Finds included iron slag, charcoal and animal bone (ibid). The concentrations of burning, along with slag, and the furnace bottom suggests that metalworking was taking place on the site. Some of the larger linear features may represent ditches of subsurface enclosures on the level land at the base of the Castle rock. Given the density of features identified, it is likely that at least some of them are contemporary with the period of occupation of the castle (i.e. medieval) (ibid). See attached Google Earth orthoimage 19/11/2019. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 June 2020

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Ground and risks

Radon

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_847 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

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