lackeen castle

A four-storey tower-house standing in a bawn with a round-headed doorway. The second storey has a good fireplace, and the third floor is vaulted. An unusual feature is the window with remains of tracery on the third floor above the doorway.

The ground floor is at present used as an agricultural storage place. The castle belonged to Brian Ua Cinneide Fionn, chieftain of Ormond, who died in 1588. His son, Donnchadh, the last Ua Cinneide chief of lower Ormond, forfeited it to the Cromwellians in 1653.