Though no trace of the structure remains visible today, this spot once housed a fortified tower house built in 1619 by Denis Cloche (possibly Clohessy) for its owner, Fineen Fitzpatrick. A commemorative plaque that once marked the castle’s construction was removed during the 20th century and now resides in a wall on Bogbere Street in Ennistymon, serving as the only physical reminder of the castle’s existence.

The castle’s history reflects the turbulent politics of 17th and 18th century Ireland. Following the Irish rebellion of 1641, Fitzpatrick lost both the castle and his surrounding lands, which were redistributed amongst several new owners. By 1665, the O’Briens had taken possession and begun leasing the property to various tenants; the Creaghs occupied it in 1679, followed by a Doctor Sarsfield in 1699. The O’Davorens arrived in 1717 and appear to have eventually gained ownership, with Donough O’Davoren being recorded as the castle’s final resident before his death around 1750.

The site today consists of an empty field immediately northwest of where a medieval house once stood, surrounded by a large bawn wall. At some point in the castle’s later history, another residence was constructed within the bawn walls, just southeast of the original tower house. When the antiquarian Thomas Johnson Westropp surveyed the area in 1915, he found no remaining elements of the castle structure itself, and the site continues to keep its secrets buried beneath the pastoral landscape that has reclaimed it.