Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Ballynakill (gaultiere By.), County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakill (gaultiere By.)
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ballynakill Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballynakill House
- Coordinates
- 52.24698, -7.06687
- SMR number
- WA010-006002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Situated on the SW shore of the King's Channel, a loop of the River Suir. Described as a decayed castle (WA010-006001-) owned by the Dobbin family in 1640 (Simington 1942, 152). A rectangular house of five bays, two floors and an attic, possibly late 17th century in date, incorporating part of an earlier tower house (WA010-006001-). A 17th-century fireplace was discovered during renovations. Ballynakill church site (WA010-007001-) is adjacent to the SSE. (Bence-Jones 1978, 17; Decie 1983, 52)
Bence-Jones, M. (1978) Burke's guide to country houses, vol. 1, Ireland. Burke's Peerage Ltd., London.
Decie (1983) Old Waterford Society survey. Decies No. 16, 24, 42-57.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 November 2010
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.