Castle, Castlefarm, Co. Kildare
East of a ruined church near Castlefarm in County Kildare, there once stood a castle that has since vanished from the landscape.
Castle, Castlefarm, Co. Kildare
The structure appears on Taylor’s 1783 map of the county, marked immediately adjacent to the church ruins at location KD032-013, but by the time the Ordnance Survey began their detailed mapping of Ireland in the 19th century, the castle had already disappeared from official records.
The site has undergone significant changes over the past two centuries. Agricultural improvements and land drainage schemes have transformed the area completely, erasing any visible traces of the castle that might have remained above ground. What was once a notable landmark, significant enough to warrant inclusion on an 18th-century county map, has been lost to time and agricultural progress.
Today, visitors to Castlefarm would find no indication that a castle ever stood here; no stones, earthworks, or foundation remains are visible on the surface. The only evidence of its existence lies in historical cartography, particularly Taylor’s map, which serves as a reminder of how dramatically the Irish landscape has changed since the late 1700s. This vanished castle joins countless other lost structures across Ireland, known only through old maps and documents rather than physical remains.