How Mallow Ireland Got It's Start
Mallow Castle
1185
John, youngest son of the English King Henry II constructed a castle to command the ford on the River Blackwater.
1589
In 1589 Queen Elizabeth granted the castle to Sir Thomas Norreys but it was beyond repair and he constructed the castle above, now in ruins on the same site
1689
In 1689 it was burnt by order of King James II and rendered uninhabitable
1829
A question of restoring the building, studied by experts and the idea finally abandoned
1928
The ruin taken under the care of the Commissioners of Public Works and is maintained as a National Monument
1829
With the idea of restoring the Old Mallow Castle abandoned, the stables for the old castle were eventually made into a charming building now known as the modern Mallow Castle
1984
After almost 400 years the family sold Mallow Castle to the McGinn family of Washington D.C.
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