Tellarought Castle

Tellarought Castle is located approximately 10.8 km south-east of New Ross, Co. Wexford at St. Brigid's Terrace, Tellarought in a field adjacent to the graveyard of St. Brigid's Roman Catholic church and beside St. Brigid's Terrace road. It is a ruined Tower House possibly dating to the Norman period.[1] The tower is located adjacent to St. Brigid's Well, which was believed by some local people to have special healing properties. A small stream also runs under the road beside the tower.

The tower 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.[2] Talleraght was an alternative Anglicisation of Tellaroughts original Gaelic name Tulaigh Reacht.[3]

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

Coordinates: 52°20′N 6°53′W / 52.333°N 6.883°W / 52.333; -6.883

References

  1. ↑ http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/T/Talleraght-Shelburne-Wexford.php
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/reportofdeputyke1720irel#page/n85/mode/1up/search/talleraght
  3. ↑ http://www.logainm.ie/en/53370


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