Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Abington, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abington
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.63213, -8.42100
- SMR number
- LI014-014010-
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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
The precise location of Owney Castle in the townland of Abington has not been identified. The medieval castle was probably located somewhere close to the medieval settlement (LI014-014001-) of Owney possibly between Abington bridge (LI014-014008-) and the Cistercian abbey (LI014-014002-) of Owney (Seymour 1907, 367). In 1452 the annals recorded that 'The Earl of Ormond, Lord Justice of Ireland, broke down the castle of Owny upon O'Mulrian' (AFM, 979).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien and Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 3 July 2017
References
Seymour, Rev. St. J. 1907 Abbey Owney, County Limerick. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 37, 165-80, 360-73.
AFM - Annals of the kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from the earliest period to the year 1616, ed. and trans. John O'Donovan (7 vols., Dublin, 1851; reprint New York, 1966)
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.