Glenogra Castle

Map Reference: R591418 (1591, 1418)



Glenogra Castle has a large rectangular bawn with a gateway near the south-east corner. The springing of part of the archway is still visible.



There is also a good drawbar socket. The interior of the bawn is greatly overgrown and the western half was not explored.



There is the ruin of a gabled building in the south-east corner.



About half way along the east wall is a small rectangular projection. This contains a chamber which may be a garderobe.



At the north-east corner there is a large polygonal tower. This is very ruinous but may have been four storeys high.



It has a circular basement room with a vaulted ceiling and deep window recesses.



The north wall of the bawn is very ruinous.



There are some very large blocks of masonry which may be part of a recent collapse.



The castle in its original form had good rubble walls with very fine facing. Much of this facing has now been robbed-out, particularly at the lower courses.

The Fitton family held Glenogra Castle during the 16th and early 17th century but lost it during the Cromwellian Settlement of Limerick.