The long overshadowed story of the burning of Mitchelstown Castle

The biggest neo-Gothic house built in Ireland was destroyed by anti-treaty forces during the Civil War

In the 1940s the land where Mitchelstown Castle had stood was sold to the co-operative movement with the Dairygold factory now sitting where the castle once stood. File picture: Dan Linehan

Given that Michael Collins was killed ten days after its demise, it’s no wonder that the story of Mitchelstown Castle may have been long overshadowed.

The biggest neo-Gothic house built in Ireland was constructed in the 1820s by the third Earl of Kingston, known as Big George.