[3] In the sixteenth century the manor of Kilcash was taken from the Wall family after the Irish Confederate Wars and given to the Butlers of Ormond.

The possession of the Ormond lands was disputed and Walter spent 1619-1625 in prison in London while James VI and I pressurised him to surrender most of his property.

They were finally dislodged by artillery fire under the command of Commandant-General John T. Prout, further damaging the already dilapidated structure.

[6] Near the castle are the remains of a medieval church consisting of a chancel and a nave with a Romanesque doorway in its south wall.

In the graveyard, a Butler mausoleum (which is nearly as large as the church) contains the tombs of: Some of the eighteenth-century headstones are carved with elaborate scenes of the crucifixion.