What survives today are the south and west corners of a rubble built structure that once rose at least two storeys high, with what appears to be the original entrance positioned at the southeastern corner. The walls, though now featureless and worn by centuries of exposure, still convey the substantial nature of this fortified residence. About 15 metres out from the southern corner, a fragment of masonry hints at what may have been a bawn wall; the defensive perimeter that would have enclosed the tower’s courtyard and provided an additional layer of protection.

The castle’s history is bound up with the Fitzpatrick family, particularly John McKeallagh Fitzpatrick, who fortified the site in 1653. This timing proved unfortunate, as that very year saw both the castle and the surrounding townland forfeited, caught up in the widespread confiscations that followed Cromwell’s conquest of Ireland. The historian Carrigan, writing in 1905, noted that “a considerable fragment” of the castle remained standing at the turn of the 20th century, suggesting that what we see today is merely a shadow of what survived even a century ago.

These ruins, catalogued by archaeologist Caimin O’Brien in 2007, represent a common story across the Irish landscape; a local stronghold built or enhanced during politically unstable times, only to be lost in the very upheavals it was meant to weather. The tower house format itself was particularly popular among the Gaelic and Old English families of Ireland from the 15th through 17th centuries, serving as both defensive structures and symbols of local authority.