This rectangular tower house, dating from the medieval period, stands as a testament to centuries of Irish history. When surveyed in 1654, it was described as “the walls of a castle and a Barbicon”, with John Ryan recorded as its proprietor in 1640.

The tower house itself is a substantial structure, measuring approximately 8.7 metres north to south and 6.6 metres east to west, with walls nearly two metres thick. Built from roughly coursed sandstone rubble, it rises three storeys high with a distinctive pronounced base batter. Though time has taken its toll, particularly on the south wall where the original round arched limestone doorway once stood, much of the defensive architecture remains readable. The entrance led into a lobby complete with an overhead murder hole; a rather unfriendly welcome for uninvited guests. From here, a now destroyed spiral staircase in the southwest corner provided access to the upper floors, whilst the ground floor’s barrel vaulted chamber could be reached through another limestone doorway.

Each level tells its own story through architectural details: the ground floor chamber features single light windows on three sides and a later brick fireplace; the first floor once had a wooden ceiling with beams set into the wall thickness; whilst the second floor retains its barrel vaulted ceiling. Traces of lime plaster on the interior walls hint at more comfortable times when the castle was inhabited rather than ruined. To the north and west, nineteenth century outhouses now obscure what was likely the castle’s bawn, the defensive courtyard that would have provided additional protection and space for daily life within the castle complex.