 Legend has it that toward the end of the 16th century AD, the last inhabitant of the tower house and manor "or Mulhussey Castle" as it is known today, was a bald lady.The literal translation for Maol Hosae is 'Hussey's Summit', but folklore provides a second translation.Combining the Irish word for bald, and the Irish name for Hussey ("Maol and Hosae") the land protected by the Hussey family was named Maol Hosae, which was anglicised to Mulhussey.