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An ancient tower was spared in the demolition of the palace and was later incorporated into the buildings of St. Mary's Priory, where it still stands today.

It contains a spiral staircase and was originally four storeys high but is now reduced internally to two.

Attached to the castle was a long building which was used in the archbishop's time as a brewery and later as a granary and stables.

Under the Dominicans it was converted into a chapel and was used as such until 1883 when the new church was built.

The grounds of the Priory, the old palace gardens, still retain many features from the historic past such as the Archbishop's bathhouse, the Friar's Walk and " St. Maelruain's Tree ".