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includes nine separate rooms . . . and a barbican, built of stone, at an 

 angle of which is a little round turret for defence. There are two 

 entrances, that at the east by a narrow ' causea ' and two doors ; 

 the other to the south-west, where is another small C. or peel. An 

 island, an orchard, a garden, and divers other edifices or cottages, 

 with gardens adjoining (where dwell divers tenants" (Des. E., 5). 

 It was granted to Sir G. Bourchier, who let it to E. Eowley ; the 

 latter gave it in charge to Ulick Browne, who, in 1598, gave it to the 

 followers of the Sugan Earl (C.S.P.I., p. 325). 1600 Carew, when 

 clearing the way from Kilmallock to Lim erick, came to Lough Gur, 

 and the C. was surrendered by Oliver Groome, while [J. f. Thomas 

 was absent with the Earl (Pac. Hib.). The [Bourchiers,^ Earls of 

 Bath, continued to reside there in 1641. The C. was held for them 

 by "W. Weekes; but the garrison was watched and waited on" by 

 a Dr. Higgins and the Irish, till it surrendered to Lord Castleconnell. 

 The latter annexed" the household stuff left by Dame Barbery 

 Browne, when she fled to Castletown in Kenry ; two of AYeekes' 

 servants were (as we noted) hanged in the absence of Lacey of 

 Bruree, and against his orders (Deps. 130, 314, 320). 1653 

 Capt. Jas. Synnocke got lOOs. " for the garrison at Logighur," 

 and as much "for corne taken from Edm. Eawley " by the garrison 

 (Acct. E., 8). 1655 Loghguir C. and six houses, H., Earl of Bath 

 (C.S., xxxi., p. 10). 1680 Dyneley found it, an island, and C. of 

 great strength held by J. Bailey, and belonging to Countess of Bath. 

 He gives a sketch of the C, lough, gate, and, in the distance, the 

 iS'ew Church " in ruins, and the towers of Dromin and Eacanon 

 (R.S.A.L, viii., p. 287).2 



Fahric. — Castledoon or Bourchier's Castle.=^ A peel tower, 49 feet 

 by 33^ feet outside, 75 feet high, and well preserved. There are five 

 stories in the usual two sections, the narrower with stairs and porch : 

 each of the lower stories is vaulted; the third and fourth have 

 rectangular, shafted windows. The causeway was 144 yards long 



^ The family of Boursier, Bousser, or Bourchier appears first in 1316, John de 

 Boiirser being warranted to hold assizes in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, and after- 

 wards was Lord Chancellor of England till 1341. The founder in Ireland was Sir 

 George Bourchier ; got a command 1567- Commanded the garrison of Kilmallock 

 in 1571. 



2 Plate XIII. 



' The O.S.L., 9, p. 235, agree with FitzGerald's History in attributing the 

 Castle to Sir G. Bourchier, temp. James I. It at least dates a century earlier ; and 

 the two castles appear in Hardiman Map, 59, and Des E. 



