Garryhill Castle, County Carlow

King of Leinster Art Oge McMurragh occupied Garryhill Castle towards the end of the 1300's. His house would have been built of wooden structure "of clay and wattle made", the roof would have been thatched and surrounded by a kraal-like compound, housing a sizeable community of friends and followers. Art Oge McMurragh's resistance to the English was to be the demise of Garryhill Castle when Richard II ordering his army to attack, resulting in Garryhill been captured and burned.