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Castle - unclassified

Curragh (Ballybacon Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Curragh (Ballybacon Par.), County Tipperary South, 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
Curragh (Ballybacon Par.)
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Curragh Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Curragh Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
52.26892, -7.85851
SMR number
TS088-035----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

On a S-facing slope in undulating pasture. The castle is not visible above ground level. According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) 'the walls of a little burned castle' under the proprietorship of 'James Prendergast of Tulloemealane Esqr Irish Papist' in 1640, were standing in the mid-17th-century (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 339). The castle is described as 'site of' on the 1st ed. (1840) OS 6-inch map.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 2 December 2013

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1931 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol I: county of Tipperary: eastern and southern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Nearby in the register

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

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