Gurteen Castle, the former home of the Count De la Poer; a Knight of Malta is a magnificent granite neo Gothic castle, situated on the south bank of the River Suir about 5 miles north of Clonmel.
The estate belonged to the de la Poer’s who had a staunch devotion to the Catholic church. Count Edmund da la Poer who was Private Chamberlain to Pope Pius X commenced the building of the present castle in 1866.
The castle was by Samuel Roberts who belonged to an illustrious family that produced Waterford City’s greatest architect, John Roberts.