What is recorded here

Ballingarry Castle vanished before it was ever built, leaving behind only two ogham stones and a name that kept changing. Griffin de Rupe held the land in 1291, his widow Alicia sued for a mill and turf there, and by 1655 the castle reappeared in Coshlea like a ghost remembering its own shape. The townland swallowed the structure whole. What remains is a gap where a building should be, marked by ancient carvings and the stubborn repetition of its name across centuries.

The precise location of this castle within the townland of Ballingarry has not been identified. Westropp (1906-7, 196) recorded the following details about Ballingarry; ' Not marked. 1291 Garthegriffin (probably after Griffin de Rupe). 1302 Garthe in Natherlagh. 1291 suit of Alicia, widow of Griffin de Rupe, a mill, lands and turf there. 1655 Ballingarry C[astle]. in Coshlea (D.S.A., 53). A doubtful site. Strange to say, this place and its namesake in Connello have yielded the only two ogham stones hitherto found in County Limerick'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2021

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