The site appears on the first edition Ordnance Survey map from 1843, where it’s marked as ‘castle in ruins’, suggesting it had already fallen into disrepair by the mid-19th century. Today, visitors won’t find any visible traces at ground level; the castle has quite literally disappeared into the landscape.

The castle’s demise wasn’t simply a matter of natural decay and abandonment. According to the Ordnance Survey Letters from the 1830s, portions of the medieval structure were incorporated into the outbuildings of nearby Parkstown House, whilst the bulk of the castle’s masonry was likely recycled for the construction of the house itself. This practice of robbing stone from older buildings was common throughout Ireland, where medieval castles often served as convenient quarries for newer constructions.

By the time the Ordnance Survey revisited the area in 1952-53, the castle had been downgraded to merely ‘site of’ on their maps, acknowledging that nothing substantial remained above ground. The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary confirms this assessment, noting that whilst the castle once stood as a marker of medieval power and prestige in the region, its stones now live on, hidden within the walls of Parkstown House; a Georgian residence built from the bones of its medieval predecessor.