Castlegregory

Architectural fragments

According to the National Monuments Services the Castle at Castlegregory was in the possession of the Husseys in 1601. During the Cromwellian conquest, Smith records that Walter Hussey garrisoned the castle, but being pressed by Parliament forces the garrison escaped to Minard Castle where they were subsequently 'blown up by powder' (Smith 1756, 195-6). No trace of the castle remained in 1841. A number of fragments from the Castle, have been used to form an entrance at the side of a shop in Castlegregory: Two arched limestone sections of a doorway are now incorrectly assembled in the gateway. They are chamfered and the surfaces are tooled. The slightly recessed spandrels contain a contracted inscription: V.D.M:A.I:HLIYVI./HV:H.ET.E.M:M.E:E/.IO. B.MH.Osee images below. On the top of the left section is a rectangular limestone block with a keyhole-shaped opening that may have been a musket loop.