Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Ballybeg (tullaghmelan Par.),greenmount, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballybeg (tullaghmelan Par.),greenmount
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- TS088-051----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) in 'Ballybegg' there 'belongeth to the sd lands the one halfe of a weire wch is upon the River of Shewer close by the sd lands' which in 1640 was under the proprietorship of 'Walter Prendergast of Ballybegg gent' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 325-6). This weir is unlocated within the townland of Ballybeg.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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.