What is recorded here

Castle, unclassified in Ballysop stands as a gap in the local story. John Sutton and forty four dependents faced transport to Connaught in 1653 after owning sixty acres there. The castle itself has vanished from memory and marker, leaving behind a quiet warning about how quickly stone and name can be erased.

According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) John Sutton, an Irish Papist, owned 60 acres at Ballysop in 1640, on which there was a ruined castle (Simington 1953, 185, 193). There are no other references to a castle here, but John Sutton and forty four dependents was listed for transporation to Connaught in 1653 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 503). The precise location of a castle cannot be identified. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 January, 2013

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