Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballymurphy, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymurphy
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI022-171----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a castle and bawn (LI022-171001-) in the townland of Ballymurphy has not been identified. Westropp (1906-7, 154) recorded the following details about Ballymurphy Castle; '1300 Suits of Barth. and Elena Appelgard, with T. and Anastatia de Sancto Bosco and Jordan de Dykelyston, about lands at Balymoruth (Plea R., 52, m. 7), and 1315 of J. f. Ric. f. Ector and W. Appilgard, about pasture in Balymorghith (lb., 138, m. 7). 1584 Ballyvorraghowe held by Bryan Duff (Fi. 4486; and in 1615, Inq. Chan., 15); he had granted the C[astle]. and bawn to David Bourke (1625, Inq. Exch., 94). 1655 The broken C[astle]. and bawn, Marg. Bryne (C.S., xxxii., p. 11 ; B.D., 57).
The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Margaret Bryen alias Stephenson, an Irish Papist, was the owner of Ballymoroghow (Ballymurphy) which contained 'a broacken Castle & Bawne' (Simington 1938, 377).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 4 December 2020
References
Westropp, T.J. 1906-7 The ancient castles of the county of Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 26, 54-264.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1938 The civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IV: county of Limerick, with a section of Clanmaurice barony Co. Kerry. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.