May 5, 2016 · Ballyragget Castle is basically 44 feet by 31 feet in size, according to the bible of Kilkenny archaeology and history, Canon Carrigan's opus on the Diocese of Ossory. The walls are around seven and a half feet thick and all the doors, are of cut stone, probably limestone.

Jul 30, 2020 · Ballyragget Castle is basically 44 ft by 31 ft in size, according to Canon William Carrigan’s history of the Diocese of Ossory. The walls are about 7.5 ft thick and all the doors are of cut stone, probably limestone. This five-storey castle consists of a large tower-house complete with crenellations and surrounded by a substantial bawn.

Feb 28, 2015 · Ballyragget Castle, County Kilkenny is a late 15th century tower house originally built by a branch of the Butler family one of whom, Richard Butler became first Viscount Mountgarret in 1550; his mother, the spirited Lady Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond is said to have lived here.

Ballyragget Castle is a rectangular keep, standing in the centre of a rectangular court or baun. The court is surrounded by a 15ft. high wall, the alure being 9ft. high and the wall being 4ft. thick up to that height- There is a 6ft. crenellated and looped parapet. Four round towers, one at each corner of the bawn, serve as bartazans.

Ballyragget Castle is a rectangular keep standing in the middle of a court or baun.The court is surrounded by a 15 ft wall. The keep is five storied, the fourth being vaulted. The feature of the castle and of most interest to visitors is the lookout turret that rises above the parapet in the north east corner of the keep.

Surrounded by a bawn wall and climbing four or five storeys high with fine crenellations and handsome cut stone windows, the castle could easily be put to good use, not least as a tourist attraction. Instead it stands on the edge of a farmyard, all doors and other points of ingress sealed by concrete breeze blocks.

Ballyragget Castle is situated in the town of Ballyragget, about 18km from Kilkenny on the N77. Ballyragget Castle, also known as Butler Castle, is a ruined square tower house. It has defensive wall with corner towers.

Jun 16, 2015 · There's a good number of windows, most of them are just slits or arrow-loops, one is a two-light window, but it's walled up, one window on the west-southwest wall is mullioned. The castle also had a bawn wall, most of which still survives, with corner towers.

Ballyragget Castle, County Kilkenny, with the Castle Studies Group. In May 1992 they held a conference in Kilkenny. Many well known names from the castellated world were involved: David Newman Johnson, Paddy Friel, Ben Murtagh , Con Manning, David …

Apr 4, 2025 · Ballyragget Castle is a rectangular keep standing in the middle of a court or baun. The court is surrounded by a 15ft wall. The keep is five storied, the fourth being vaulted.