What is recorded here

Castle, unclassified in Unknown stands in County Tipperary, Ireland. An old brocken castle appeared on the lands of Ballinlenty during the Civil Survey, belonging to Thomas Butler of Pollardstowne. The exact spot has vanished from Clonpet Parish, leaving behind a ghost marker rather than a building.

According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) in ‘Ballinlenty', which was under the proprietorship of ‘Thomas Butler of Pollardstowne in ye county of Lym[er]ick Irish Papist’ in 1640, ‘On the s[ai]d lands stands an old brocken castle' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 32). This castle is unlocated within Clonpet Parish. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 Janurary 2013

Thomas Butler, an Irish Catholic proprietor, held Castle Ballinlenty in County Limerick by 1640; the castle is remembered as a site noted in the Civil Survey of 1654–6, reflecting landownership patterns during the turbulent mid-17th century.

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