Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballymore, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymore
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- MA040-096----
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The National Monuments Service's description
A castle is listed in Ballymore townland in the Strafford Inquisition of Co. Mayo:
'…1 carton in the qr of Bellanamore, and 1/4 part of the castle and one half of the bawn there of…' (O'Sullivan 1958, 113). The exact location where this castle stood has not been established.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 12 June 2020
References
O'Sullivan, W. 1958 The Strafford Inquisition of County Mayo. Dublin: Stationery Office for the Irish Manuscripts Commission.
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