Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballydaniel, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballydaniel
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KK013-098----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Crannagh and parish map of ‘Bannogh alias Bannonough’ (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin), depicts a substantial castle roughly centrally placed in the middle of the townland of ‘Ballidonell’ which corresponds to the modern townland of Ballydaniel. In the accompanying terrier the castle is incorrectly described as being in ‘Killydonnell’. The proprietor in 1640 is listed as Thomas Rooth, Irish Papist. The precise location of this castle within Ballydaniel townland is unknown, however, recently earthworks (KK014-154----) have bee identified in the townland, with indications of buildings and a possible bawn, which may be the location of this castle.
See attached extracts:
KK013-098----_01 (also KK014-085----) Extract from the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Crannagh (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
KK013-098----_02 (also KK014-085----) Extract from the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of ‘Bannough or Bannonough’ in the barony of Crannagh (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin)
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 1 April 2020
References
Hibernia Regnum: A set of 214 barony maps of Ireland dating to the period AD 1655-59. The original parish maps have been lost but the Hibernia Regnum maps are preserved in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (Goblet 1932, v-x). Photographic facsimiles of these maps were published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton in 1908.