What is recorded here

Yes. An unlocated castle stood near a ruined church in Ballynakill, occupied by a man named Blundell according to local tradition recorded in 1838. The castle has no surviving address or clear remains, but the story places it beside an old graveyard where memory did more work than stone.

Unlocated castle within the townland of Ballynakill that is mentioned in the OS Letters of 1838 as 'Within Ballinakill Townland there is a Church (OF011-034001-) in ruins in a graveyard, and there is a tradition that at Mrs Watson's house near this old Church there was a castle which was occupied by a man named ------- Blundell' (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 34). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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