Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Coolagarry (athlone South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolagarry (athlone South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- RO045-218----
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The National Monuments Service's description
A castle at Coolagarry had been lost by John Birchel before 1596 (Cronin 1980, 117). This is the only reference to this castle, apart from Michael Pennocke leasing a Quarter there amounting to 50 acres (Simington 1949, 100). Could the castle be a misrepresentation for the castle at Coolnageer (RO045-171001-) or Cornalee (RO048-001----)? Otherwise it was not encountered.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 26 November 2018
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1949 Books of survey and distribution. County of Roscommon. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Cronin, T. 1980 The Elizabethan colony in Co. Roscommon. In Murtagh, H. Irish midland studies: essays in commemoration of N.W. English, 107-20. Old Athlone Society.