What is recorded here

Coolagarry castle vanished before 1596, leaving John Birchel empty-handed and Michael Pennocke leasing fifty acres beside the gap. Whether it never existed or hides behind Coolnageer or Cornalee, the land still carries the shape of a house nobody remembers building.

A castle at Coolagarry had been lost by John Birchel before 1596 (Cronin 1980, 117). This is the only reference to this castle, apart from Michael Pennocke leasing a Quarter there amounting to 50 acres (Simington 1949, 100). Could the castle be a misrepresentation for the castle at Coolnageer (RO045-171001-) or Cornalee (RO048-001----)? Otherwise it was not encountered. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 26 November 2018

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