What is recorded here

Bawn in Greenane is a lost castle and bawn in County Limerick, recorded in the 1654-56 Civil Survey but never precisely located. Owen Clanchie, Charles Clancie, John Clancie and Simon Clancie shared its lands, blending English, London and Irish identities in one strange household. The exact spot has vanished, leaving behind a gap where a building should stand and a reminder that even owned places can dissolve from memory.

The precise location of a castle (LI014-104----) and bawn in the townland of Greenane, parish of Caherconlish has not been identified. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Owen Clanchie, English proprietor and a member of the States army, Charles Clancie of London, John Clancie, Irish Papist and Simon Clancie, Irish Papist were the owners of lands which contained the 'Castle town and lands of Grenane voughtragh, the third p[ar]te of the said Castle Bawne and twentie acres of the said lands belongeth to the said Owen' (Simington 1938, 65). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 2 December 2020

Owen Clanchie, an English proprietor, held the castle and bawn in Greenane by 1654–56, following the Cromwellian conquest. It is remembered as part of the post-1652 land settlement in Ireland, which saw widespread English ownership of Irish land.

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