strabaue

Updated: May 9, 2025

Of the three castles given to Lord Claud Hamilton by James I., to enable him to hold this country, one which stood at Strabaue has disappeared, the memory of it surviving only in the name of Castle Street in that town. The ivy-clad ruins of another adorn a height in this beautiful park.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)