placenamesRoche
Dún Gall
Castle Roche’s residential rooms stood alongside defences fitted to its rocky summit.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Dún Gall · Irish · main form · validated name
- Roche · English · main form
Place & story
Window seats and defended approaches
Castle Roche occupies a high limestone outcrop in Roche townland, north-west of Dundalk. The Office of Public Works describes walls enclosing the summit, with a gateway between two towers. South of the gatehouse, a rectangular residential building contained a first-floor hall with three windows and built-in window seats. A passage in the east-facing gable led to four tall arrow-slits covering the approach to the entrance. The surviving arrangement shows residential accommodation alongside structures designed to defend access to the castle. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Louth
- Barony
- Dundalk Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.04825, -6.48406
- Mapped area
- 13.37 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1730 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Roche. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Castleroche Castle: description and history · Office of Public Works, Heritage Ireland
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.