Follies, by their nature, were built to look like something they are not, or to serve no purpose beyond the decorative and the theatrical, and the fact that one was considered significant enough to record here suggests it survives in some form worth noting.

Beyond that, the historical record for this particular site is thin. The name Dalysgrove points to an estate landscape, most likely of eighteenth or nineteenth century origin, the period during which landed families across Ireland invested in ornamental grounds, artificial ruins, hermitages, and eye-catchers. A folly within such a setting would typically have been commissioned by the estate owner as a visual terminus to a walk or vista, or simply as a conversation piece for guests.