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Bawn in Kedrah

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Bawn in Kedrah
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Why this matters

Bawn in Kedrah was held by Sir Richard Butler, an Irish Papist baronet from Kilkenny, in 1640. It is remembered as a ruinous castle noted in the 1654–56 Civil Survey, reflecting the decline of Catholic landholding families during the Cromwellian period.

Overview

Bawn in Kedrah is recorded as Bawn in Tipperary. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a ruinous castle with a bawne about it' and the proprietor in 1640 is listed as 'Sir Richard Butler of Knockytocher in the County of Kilkenny Baronett Irish Papist' (Simington 1931, vol.1, 322). According to the OS Letters (1840) the 'walls of the bawn remain still on the north side of this ruin' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol.

Who built and held it

The saved account records: Farm buildings and a milking parlour have been built up against the internal face of the possible bawn along much of its length.

Attack, change and use

The saved account records: Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as 'a ruinous castle with a bawne about it' and the proprietor in 1640 is listed as 'Sir Richard Butler of Knockytocher in the County of Kilkenny Baronett Irish Papist' (Simington 1931, vol.1, 322).

What survives

The saved account records: According to the OS Letters (1840) the 'walls of the bawn remain still on the north side of this ruin' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol.

Why it mattered

Bawn in Kedrah matters because a belief or tradition is tied to this exact place and forms part of its local memory. The source records: There is a strong local tradition that this is the bawn wall of the castle. The tradition is kept as a recorded belief; it is not silently turned into literal fact.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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