Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballinscoola (smallcounty By., Cahercorney Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinscoola (smallcounty By., Cahercorney Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI032-163----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of Ballinscoola Castle and bawn (LI032-163001-) within the townland has not been identified. Described by Westropp (1906-7, 185) as following; '1583 Ballinscowley, Earl of Desmond (Des. R., 3), two towers marked (Peyton, p. 80). 1609 Don O'Grady, of Kilballyowen, held Ballynskeulye in Kilkillane (Inq. Chan., 3a), and Ballineskooly C[astle], bawn, and town (Pat. R.)'. O'Kelly (1942-3, 240) recorded that 'There is now no trace of this castle and the site is not known'. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that on the lands of Derby Grady there stood 'an ould Castle an ould Bawne wth two cabins upon it' (Simington 1938, 111).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 6 March 2020
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1942-3 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 3, 75-97, 169-84, 222-46.
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.
Westropp, T.J. 1906-7 The ancient castles of the county of Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 26, 54-264.