placenamesGraigue
An Ghráig
Castleblake, Moorstown in Mora parish and Mocklerstown preserve different forms of medieval and later building.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Ghráig · Irish · main form · validated name
- Graigue · English · main form
Place & story
The tower at Castleblake
Castleblake’s rectangular tower house has three storeys and an attic. The 2011 monument survey identifies sixteenth-century fabric, with a spiral stair and defensive openings. It also records modern adaptation: the ground floor had become office space, and wall chambers had been combined into a water tank. The surviving castle thus incorporates substantial later changes. [2]
Mora church at Moorstown
The ruined Mora church has a nave, chancel and crossing tower. Carved grave slabs suggest a thirteenth- or fourteenth-century context, according to the survey. A high pointed arch separates the nave from the crossing. This is Moorstown in Mora parish, within Graigue division, rather than the Moorstown near Cahir with its circular castle. [3] [5]
A castle’s window in a gate pier
Mocklerstown’s castle had no visible standing remains when surveyed. A small limestone window head survived reused in a nearby gate pier, with a chamfered opening and fine tooling. The fragment preserves architectural evidence while leaving the lost building’s overall form uncertain. [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Graigue. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Castleblake tower house, TS069-058, record uploaded 6 October 2011 · Jean Farrelly, National Monuments Service
- Mora church, Moorstown, TS069-060001, record uploaded 28 September 2011 · Jean Farrelly, National Monuments Service
- Mocklerstown castle, TS069-070001, record uploaded 26 September 2011 · Jean Farrelly, National Monuments Service
- Graigue electoral division, south Tipperary · Townlands.ie / OpenStreetMap contributors
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