What is recorded here
Kilmainebeg and the wider region stretch beside the ruined castle at Ballisnahyny. That is all the available fact says. The missing detail does not make the place small; it makes the region wider. The castle still stands in the gap between what is known and what is forgotten.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Ballisnahyny CastleCastle · 1 yd
IndicatedFairy fort / stone ringfort · 16 yd
(diam. C. 35m)Fairy fort / stone ringfort · 679 yd
Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conceptionchurch/chapel · 1276 yd
water pumpwater pump · 1318 yd
Mocorha CastleCastle · 1.3 mi
Red Island RockIslet · 3.3 mi
Cregg PlantationForest · 3.3 mi
Pesooge PlantationForest · 3.8 mi