Tickincor Castle

Tickincor Castle, sometimes also spelled as Tikincor or Tickencor, lies in the townland of Tikincor Lower, in County Waterford, in Ireland.

Tickincor Castle was built by Alexander Power, around 1620, during the reign of James I of England. It was still owned by Richard Power FitzAlexander in 1640, but, after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in the mid-17th century, it passed first to Sir Thomas Stanley and then to Sir Nicholas Osborne. Osborne's descendants lived here until the late 18th century, when they moved to Co. Tipperary.

In the 19th century the castle was modified, and a large carriage entrance was inserted in the west wall, destroying the original doorway.

The castle is essentially a fortified house, also called a stronghouse. It was built on the floodplain on the south bank of the River Suir, overlooking the Sir Thomas' Bridge. The house has a rectangular plan with a square stair tower in the midst of the back wall. Two of the three chimneys on the stair tower are false and were just built for the sake of symmetry.

At present, Tickincor Castle is on the premises of a private residence and thus can not be visited, but it can easily be seen from the public road. A very nice ruin.

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