Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Knockea, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockea
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX039-054----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Chonnock was held by a quarter of a knight’s fee by William Maunsel in 1247 and by Philip Furlong in 1307 from the Bigod lands (Brooks 1950, 17). Hore (1900-11, vol. 1, 169) identifies Chonnock as Knockea, although Orpen (1904, 355) identifies the townland of Connagh in Fethard parish as a place called Balycoynner in the feodaries. It is not certain that there was ever a castle at Knockea, which was owned by William Barron of Killesk (WX039-034001-) in 1640, according to the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 189), or at Conaagh (ibid. 173), which was owned by Nicholas Loftus of Fethard (WX050-011003-) in 1640 but there is no mention of a castle at either location.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 January, 2013
References
Brooks E.St. J. (ed.) 1950 Knights' fees in Counties Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny (13th-15th century). Dublin. Stationery Office.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Orpen, G.H. 1904 The battle of Dundonnell (Baginbun), A. D. 1170. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 34, 354-60.