Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Townparks (ardagh By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (ardagh By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LF013-026015-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Within Longford town (LF013-026----). Depicted on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of Ardagh barony (NLI, MS 719) as a large house, surrounded by a cluster of small buildings, located to the S of the Camlin River. It is also shown on the Down Survey (1655-6) map of Ballymacormac parish (ibid.). This may be the 'castle', noted by Lewis (1837 vol. 2, 309), that belonged to the Forbes family and which ‘was burned by the O’Nials in 1605’. Its precise location has not been identified but it may be in the area of Great Water Street, Little Water Street or the N part of Main Street.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 8 December 2012
References
NLI, MS 719 - National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey of Co. Longford attested by W. Petty under date 1657. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 22 maps with accompanying terriers, 1786-7. Dublin.
Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.