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Carlow County - Ireland Genealogical Projects (IGP ^TM)

Castletown Castle

Pollerton Road, Carlow

Castletown Castle Map 1850

Castletown Castle

The entrance to Castletown House

Castletown Castle

Castletown Castle

Bunclody Road

Carlow

County Carlow

Tower-House - "A small 19th Tudor/Gothic house incorporating a truncated tower-house which was greatly altered by William Roberston in 1835." ???? - Owned by - Kavanaghs, Bagenals, George Carew and the Earl of Kildare

1780's - Owned by - Thomas "Buck" Whaley

1932 - Owned by - Monohan Family

Castletown Castle - Bunciody Road, Carlow - A small 19th Tudor/Gothic house incorporating a truncated tower-house which was greatly altered by William Roberston in 1835. Now a fine neo-gothic castle with beautifully cut ashlar granite featuring the usual ornate Robertson hallmarks. The original castle had several owners including the Kavanaghs, Bagenals, George Carew and the Earl of Kildare. Its owner for a short period in the I780's was the wayward Thomas "Buck" Whaley, who squandered a fortune of £60,000 and estates in three counties before he died, almost penniless, in 1800, aged 34. Castletown has been owned by the Monahan family since 1932.

Image of Castle from "Come Capture Castles" by Victor Hadden