Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballycasheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycasheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CL016-194----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Breen and Ua Cróinín (2000, 5-9) noted that in the will of Murrough O’Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond, dated June 1551, the castle of Ballycasheen was left to his second son Teige. The precise location of the castle has not been identified. Breen and Ua Cróinín (ibid.) suggest that it may have been located in Cahermacon townland, within a possible bawn (CL016-144003-) where they have identified the remains of two possible late-medieval buildings (CL016-144001- and CL016-144002-).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 25 August 2022
References
Ua Cróinín, R. and Breen, M. 1997 The castles and tower-houses of Co. Clare, 6 vols. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin.