What is recorded here
Bohola castle stood beside its own mill and a half-quarter of land when the Strafford Inquisition named it in 1635. It may still be the local Bohola motte, but no clear tower or gate remains visible. The castle may have been a small stronghold, a farmstead with a defensible wall, or a lost hall that the survey merely recorded. What is certain is that Bohola had enough value to be measured, named and remembered.
This castle is listed in the 1635-37 Strafford Inquisition of Co. Mayo: '…the castle of Boholo, and half qr of land there onto belonging, called the half qr of Bocholo, with a mill [MA071-185002-].' (O’Sullivan 1958, 119). It may refer to Bohola motte (MA071-076----).
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 24 September 2021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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