What is recorded here

Ballinecross, the castle and south cart. of Monilaggan, belonged to Sir Francis Shane in 1612. The castle itself has vanished from every map and memory, leaving only the grant and the gap where its stones should stand.

In 1612 Sir Francis Shane was granted 'Ballinecross - the castle and south cart. of Monilaggan' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 245). The precise location of the castle has not been identified. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 27 September 2012

Sir Francis Shane was granted lands including a castle at Ballynacross in 1612 during the Plantation of Ulster. The castle is remembered as part of early 17th-century English colonial efforts in Ireland.

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