Grannagh (Granny) Castle

The place name Grannagh is an anglicisation of the Irish word for a gravelly place. Grannagh Castle was built by Norman settlers on the site of a Gaelic-Irish fortress called Dún Bhrain, which was built in the 1st Century AD and was later used to repel the incursions of the Viking raiders from Waterford city. The site also had the strategic and economic benefit of allowing those who held it to ...