Castletaylor towerhouse

Castletaylor towerhouse formerly known as Ballymchugh was added to the by the Taylor family. Both the original tower and the later house now survive as a ruin. An interesting painted image of a male head adorns the underbelly of the vaulted roof in the lower level of the tower house. It functions as a form of one-dimensional roof boss. It is uncertain as to whether this is a later eighteenth/nineteenth painting undertaken by a stucco artist which we know worked on the house, or if it is a surviving original medieval painting. One way or the other it is rather rare and interesting survival from the past and would benefit from being photographed and recorded in greater detail.