Bawn in Ballynahinch

No surface remains visible of the bawn which enclosed Doonmoon (Ballynahinch) Castle (LI048-020----). The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Gibbon fitz Gibbon of Doonmoone, an Irish Papist was in 1640 the owner of Doonmoone, ‘whereon stands a Castle [LI048-020----], Bawne [LI048-020001-] & a Mill’ along with ‘three tatch houses, two whereof have two stone Chymnies and about 22 smale Cabyns LI048-020002-]’ (Simington 1938, 234). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 22 September 2021

Bawn in Ballynahinch was associated with Gibbon fitz Gibbon of Doonmoone in the mid-17th century, as recorded in the 1654-56 Civil Survey. It is remembered as part of the defensive enclosure of Doonmoon (Ballynahinch) Castle, reflecting the presence of an Irish Catholic landholding family during the turbulent period of the Irish Confederate Wars.