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Marked on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described as Ballylough or O'Flynn's Castle in gothic lettering on both. It is situated towards the SE edge of a flat-toped hill. The O'Flynn were chiefs of Siol Maolruain, a sept of the Uí Brionn, but were not of Silmurry although they attended O'Conor inaugurations. The sept went into decline after the fourteenth century, but they retained lands around Lough O'Flynn. They were also erenaghs of Assylin church (RO005-020001-) near Boyle (MacDermot 1996, 409-10). The foundation of a portion of the castle was visible (Gannon 1972) but it is not visible now on the lawn of a house, although a low wall (Wth c. 0.5m; H 0.3m; L c. 10m) on the boundary between two properties is thought to be part of it.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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