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Boleybeg may have hosted Rowland Eustace's forbidden castle in 1472, though no stone still marks the pasture rise. The Abbot of Baltinglass sought permission for that build, suggesting a powerful man wanted a fortress where neither law nor local memory agreed. The earth keeps the claim hidden, forcing every visitor to imagine the shape of the room, the height of its walls and the reason it vanished without a trace.

On a slight pasture rise. According to Murphy (1896, 53), in a parliament held at Naas in 1472, the Abbot of Baltinglass requested that permission be given to Rowland Eustace, Lord Portlester, to build a £10-castle at 'Balablaght'. No castle is recorded in Ballybought townland, so the reference may be to the castle in the neighbouring townland of Boleybeg. No visible surface trace survives. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 6 September 2013

Rowland Eustace, Lord Portlester, was granted permission in 1472 to build a castle at Boleybeg, likely as part of efforts to consolidate Anglo-Irish lordship in the region. The site is remembered for its historical association with the Eustace family and medieval land control in Leinster.

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