Though today referred to as Killincarrig Castle, it is in fact an early 17th century L-shaped house built in the Jacobean style by Henry Walsh of Carrickmines. In the Down survey (1657), it was recorded as “a large three-storey building with a pitched roof, three turrets and a flag flying from the roof.”
The house was occupied by a small army garrison at the time of Oliver Cromwell’s rampage, and it is reported that Cromwell stayed one or two nights at Killincarrig Castle on his way from Drogheda to Wexford.
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