Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Balloonagh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balloonagh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle Macallistrum
- Coordinates
- 52.27251, -9.71067
- SMR number
- KE029-119027-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This record refers to the castle, known as 'Castle Mac Ellistrum' which was held in 1641 by Christopher Walsh. Its location is marked on the OS 6-inch map (1st ed).
The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works.
Date of upload: 24 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.