Strancally Castle, Gothic revival castle in County Waterford, Ireland

Strancally Castle is a castellated Gothic Revival country house built around 1827 by James and George Richard Pain for John Kiely, MP for Clonmel. Its pale facade has crenellated rooflines, tall square chimneys and a corner turret with a crenellated top; rows of rectangular windows sit above a section of tall arched windows. It stands behind trees at the edge of the River Blackwater, near Tallow, County Waterford.

Raymond 'le Gros' FitzGerald reputedly built the first castle here after the Anglo-Norman invasion. By 1579 the FitzGerald lands were confiscated, and Francis Grose recorded in 1791 that the castle had been blown up. The present Gothic Revival house was built around 1827 by James and George Richard Pain for John Kiely, about 4.5 km upriver from the Desmond castle site.

The name Strancally comes from the Irish Srón Chaillí, 'nose of the hag'. The present castellated house was raised about 4.5 km upriver of the original Desmond castle, so the older stronghold and the 1827 building stand at separate points on the Blackwater. Several structures in the demesne are listed on Waterford's Record of Protected Structures.

The present house stands about 4.5 km upriver of the original Desmond castle site, on the County Waterford bank of the Blackwater near Tallow, with Youghal in County Cork across the water. The demesne is private ground; several of its structures are on Waterford's Record of Protected Structures. The building is best seen from the river or the far bank.

The original castle, demolished after the Desmond Rebellion, stood on a rock directly over the river; Francis Grose recorded in 1791 that an Earl of Desmond used it as a prison and cast bodies through a hole cut in the rock. The present house was built about 4.5 km upriver.