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Castle - unclassified

Kilballyowen, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Kilballyowen, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilballyowen
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Kilballyowen House
Latest-edition OS map
Kilballyowen House (1927)
Coordinates
52.47889, -8.50795
SMR number
LI032-124----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Described by O'Kelly (1944, 20) as following; 'No trace now visible. A modern Georgian house has been built on the site and it is said that parts of the castle were incorporated in this'. Kilballyowen House was demolished in the late 1960s. According to Lewis (1837) the O'Grady family built a very extensive castle at Kilballyowen which in 1837 wad described as having been 'incorporated with the modern dwelling-house, and contains four room in excellent order'.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 06 August 2019

References

O'Kelly, M.J. 1944 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 4, 16-53.

Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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