Ballingarry Castle

Ballingarry Castle, County Limerick
Photo © Mike Searle, 29 September 2009

There are some remains of the ancient castle of Ballingarry, from which it appears to have been of great strength and magnitude.

Despite its rural location, this de Lacy tower lies just off the main road that runs through the village of Ballingarry. Ballingarry became the property of the de Lacy family at the turn of the 13th century. The de Lacy family lost their lands and titles in the Cromwellian and Jacobite wars and fled the country in the 1690s.

Ballingarry Castle has enjoyed an interesting local history, in comparatively recent times since its repair in 1821, it has served as a barracks during local disturbances of 1827, and later used as a hospital.