Cullohill

Cullohill lies beneath a hill in the territory once ruled by the Mac Giolla Phádraig family of Upper Ossory. Their castle, built around 1425, was a principal stronghold of the lordship. The tower house and its enclosure guarded the surrounding countryside, and a nearby church served as a burial place for members of the family. The castle was ruined around 1650 in the wars of the Cromwellian conquest, leaving its battered walls as evidence of the violent end of an older Gaelic lordship.