North of the Ormond Castle there are two long segments of the medieval town walls of Carrick-on-Suir.

One segment runs north-northwest to south-southeast (330°-150°), the other one runs west-northwest to east-southeast (300°-120°). A corbelled tower is at the northeast (50°) corner.

In medieval times, Carrick was the largest town in the county with 36 acres of land enclosed by the town wall. Parts of the town wall are still to be seen in the Ormond Castle and Castleview Tennis Club areas. The town was initially named Carraig MacGriffin after Matthew Fitzgriffin.

in 2014, Carrick-on-Suir became a member of Irisn Walls Town Network. Vital work is being carried at the moment to make one of the main surviving sections of Carrick-on-Suir’s Medieval town wall structurally sound to ensure it survives for hundreds of more years. 

The medieval heritage wall is a great part of the story of Carrick-on-Suir. Other surviving sections of the wall are to be found around New Street, at Town Wall Street at the back of Carrick Heritage Centre, the West Gate and next to Super Valu.