What is recorded here

No visible bawn survives at Ballinree House, but a 1650s survey called it large under Walter Butler of Nodstowne. The wall may have been torn for stones, buried under grass, or moved into memory.

The Civil Survey (1654-6) describes a 'large Bawne' in Ballinree which in 1640 was under the proprietorship of Walter Butler of Nodstowne (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 216). There is no visible evidence of a bawn at Ballinree House, where the house was located on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map. The bawn is unlocated within the townland. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 05 March 2013

Walter Butler of Nodstowne held the Bawn in Ballinree in 1640; it is remembered through historical surveys as an example of early modern defensive structures in the region.

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