Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Ballyharran Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyharran Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX037-043----
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The National Monuments Service's description
References to Ballyharran date from 1550 when Robert Synott bequeathed land at Ballyharran to his son Thomas. The castle at Ballyharran is first mentioned in 1574 when Thomas bequeathed it to his son John, who died in 1582 (Jeffrey 1979, 94). In 1628 Robert Synott is in possession of the castle and 40 acres at Ballyoran (Ballyharran), but according to the Civil Survey (1654-5) Walter Roche of the unknown Clonlough and Newtown (WX037-016----) owned ‘a slate house’ and 120 acres at Ballytarfan (Ballyharran) (Simington 1953, 113). The exact location of the caslte is not known.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 13 December, 2012
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Jeffrey, W.H. 1979 The castles of County Wexford. Typescript prepared by the Old Wexford Society, Ed. E. Culleton.