Tully's Castle

Tully's Castle (Irish: Caisleán Uí Mhaoltuile^[2]) is a castle and a National Monument in Clondalkin, Ireland.^[3][4][5][6]

Tully's Castle
Native name Caisleán Uí Mhaoltuile (Irish)
Clondalkin Castle
Monastery Road with Tully's Castle visible
Type	Castle
Location	Monastery Road, Clondalkin, South Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates	53.320812°N 6.389957°W / 53.320812; -6.389957
Built	16th century
Location of Tully's Castle in Dublin
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Tully's Castle (Clondalkin)
Reference no.	285[1]

1830 engraving of the castle (left), with Clondalkin Round Tower visible in the distance.

Location

Tully's Castle is found on Monastery Road, Clondalkin.

History

Tully's Castle consists of a tall narrow tower (perhaps 16th century) and part of an adjoining building on its northwest side (maybe 17th century). There are two door-like apertures on its southwest side. All of the window openings in the tower are narrow, and most of them are blocked. Although the crenellations are damaged, enough remains to show that they were of the Irish style. There is a row of weeper openings at roof level. The tower looks as if it may have been part of a larger tower house, possibly housing the stairs or the garderobe. The ruins now form part of the garden wall of a modern house. Given the unstable nature of Ireland in the seventeenth century, and particularly raids by the Byrnes on this part of Dublin, such constructions offered their owners security.

The castle was owned by the Tully family during the 18th and 19th centuries.