Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Oulart (ballaghkeen By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oulart (ballaghkeen By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX021-036----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) a ruined castle at Oulortt together with 660 acres in the townlands of Oulart, Monevollin (Monawilling), Boleboy, Kile, and Garryduffe were the property of Edmond Synnott, and Irish papist, in 1641 (Simington 1953, 51, 78). The location of the castle is not known.
See the attached section from the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map (N at top) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 15 June, 2012
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.