 Recently restored the keep contains a fine example of a mural staircase (stone steps built within the thickness of the external wall).During the mid-17th century the Fitzgeralds gave shelter and patronage to the Irish poet Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (1625–1698), who wrote an elegy about the family, as well as recording their lives and exploits.As the family prospered, a second keep was built during the 18th century to garrison soldiers.