Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballygar, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygar
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Ballygar Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballygar Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.52209, -8.33840
- SMR number
- GA033-013----
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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
In level grassland W of Ballygar village. In existence in 1574 when 'Beallagharee' castle was in the possession of 'Hugh McTirilagh' (Nolan 1901b, 119). According to OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 112), it belonged to the 'Blakes'. Apart from a faint rise in the ground surface, no visible surface trace survives.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.