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In 1621 William McFergus Farrall, under the commission for the Plantation of Longford, was granted land that included the ‘castle, town and lands of Ballintober and the lands of Agheglass’ (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 537). On the Down Survey (1655-6) maps it is depicted as a tower house-type castle on the map of Moydow barony (NLI, MS 719) but on that of Taghsheenode and Moydow parishes (ibid.) it is shown as a two-storey house in the NE part of Ballintober, near the townland boundary. Its precise location has not been identified but an 18th-century house (LF023-022----) in this area may have been built on its site.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 26 September 2012
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The map shows the centre of the officially named townland area, not the monument. The government record does not identify the exact monument point.