Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Gatehouse
Abbeyhalfquarter,ballina (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbeyhalfquarter,ballina (tirawley By.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.11473, -9.14992
- SMR number
- MA030-056002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This gatehouse on a bridge (MA030-056001-) over the River Moy in Ballina town was still extant in the early 18th century, when it was recorded by Rev. William Henry (1739) as ‘a large square tower with a gate and guard room' rising from and controlling access to the bridge.
A modern bridge now stands at this location.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 April 2018
References
Henry, Rev. W. 1739 Hints towards a natural and topographical history of the Counties of Sligo, Donegal, Fermanagh and Lough Erne. National Archives manuscript 2533
Nearby in the register
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.