Marked on the Down Survey barony maps from 1656-8, this fortification once stood in Kildemock parish, right near the boundary with Racoolle. The Down Survey, commissioned by Oliver Cromwell to map confiscated lands after his conquest of Ireland, provides one of our few concrete references to this lost structure, though even these detailed maps can’t help us pinpoint its exact location today.

According to historian MacIvor, writing in 1950, the castle was situated on the south side of a lane that led to a farmhouse. This detail suggests it may have been a tower house or fortified dwelling typical of the late medieval period, when local landowners built such structures for both defence and status. These castles were common throughout Louth during the 15th and 16th centuries, serving as strongholds for Anglo-Norman families and Gaelic lords alike.

Today, the precise location of Faughanstown Castle remains unknown, its stones likely repurposed for farm buildings or field walls long ago. Like many of Ireland’s lost castles, it exists now only in historical records and maps, a reminder of the county’s turbulent past when every parish seemed to have its own fortified residence. The area around Kildemock parish continues as farmland, its peaceful fields giving no hint of the defensive structure that once stood guard over this corner of Louth.