Tellarought Castle

Tellarought Castle is a fortified tower house located approximately 10.8 km south-east of New Ross, Co. Wexford, Ireland.

A view of Tellarought Castle from the field in which it is located, showing what might possibly be the main entrance to the tower.

Location

The ruin, with four walls still standing but partly overgrown, lies immediately adjacent to the road known as St Brigid's Terrace, off the R734, which runs from New Ross to Tintern Abbey and Fethard. It is in a field just west of the graveyard of St. Brigid's Roman Catholic church, which serves Terrarath (an alternate form of the locale's name) within Cushinstown Parish.[1][2]

Building and history

The building is a ruined tower House, a lightly fortified dwelling, dating to the Anglo-Norman period.[3] It was held by a Sutton in 1307, and may have been the property of one William Devoreux of Talleraght who is mentioned as being the recipient of a pardon in 1597 in the Elizabethan Fiants.[4]. By 1641 it appears to have been held by a Matthew Forde, though it may have been in disrepair by the Civil Survey of the mid-1650s.[5]

The tower is close to St Brigid's Well, which was believed by some local people to have special healing properties.[6] A small stream also rises on the site and passes the tower house flowing south-east, passing under the road.[7]

Name

Talleraght was an alternative Anglicisation of Tellarought's original Irish language name, Tulaigh Reacht.[8] As of 1837, it was held by a Mr Lambert, and locally held to be of Norman origin.[9]

View of Tellarought castle tower house, from the bottom of St. Brigid's Churchyard, Tellarought, Co. Wexford, Ireland

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References
  1. "Terrarath (Cushinstown)". Diocese of Ferns. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. "Google maps for given coordinates". Google - Maps. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. "Talleraght". Library Ireland. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. The 17th report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records in Ireland - Appendix. Dublin: Alex Thom & co. (The Queen's Printing Office). 10 March 1885. p. 78. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. "Tellarought Castle, Wexford, Ireland". Visions of the Past. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  6. "Medieval Churches, Co. Wexford". From-Ireland.net. (from the Archaeological Survey of Co. Wexford). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. "Geohive (integrated State mapping) - Cassini map". Geohive / Ordnance Survey Ireland. Ordnance Survey Ireland (Government of Ireland). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. "Tulaigh Reacht (Tellarought)". Placenames of Ireland / Logainm.ie. Dublin City University and the Placenames Branch (Government of Ireland). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  9. Lewis, Samuel (1837). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: S. Lewis & co. (via Library Ireland). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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