Killmallock

Kilmallock is a walled town in inland County Limerick. Its medieval buildings included a collegiate church and Dominican priory, and its walls were mentioned in a grant for their strengthening in 1308. The Fitzgerald earls of Desmond used the town as a base, making it a significant centre in Munster.

The Dominican friary was dissolved in 1541. During the Desmond rebellion Kilmallock was sacked and burned in 1571, after which Sir John Perrott repaired its defences. Confederate forces took the town in 1642, and it was unsuccessfully besieged the following year. Its surviving walls and merchant houses reflect both its medieval standing and the rebuilding that followed conflict.