Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballinaboy, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinaboy
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballinaboy House
- Coordinates
- 51.80881, -8.53185
- SMR number
- CO098-063----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On an E-W terrace surrounded by woodland to the S of Ballinhassig and the Owenboy River. According to Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 105), an English force, under attack at Ballinaboy in 1600, took refuge 'behind the walls of an old castle'. According to local information (SMR file), the site of this castle is now occupied by Ballinaboy House. This is a square, two-storey, four-bay, hip-roofed dwelling of early 19th-century appearance. Otherwise, nothing appears to be known of this castle (Healy 1988, 221-2).
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Settlement deserted - medievalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.