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According to the terrier or commentary to the Down Survey (1656-8) parish map of Ballyvaloo and St. Margaret’s parishes George Cheever owned 77 acres at Ballinesker togheter with what is described as a stone house and a windmill (WX033-017----).
According to the Civil Survey Cheevers owned a total of 605 acres in Ballyvalloo parish, the rest being in Ballyvaloo, Ballina, Ballinaclash, and the Black Connigers, which is now Ballinrooaun (Simington 1953, 57). A structure is marked faintly as a rectangular feature (dims. c. 15m NW-SE; c. 10m NE-SW) and described as the site of Ballinsker Castle on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated at the highest point of an esker ridge with the sea-shore c. 200m to the SE. John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 records that a castle stood here until about 1825 (O'Flanagan 1933a, vol. 1, 305). There are no other references to it, and there are no visible remains of a structure at ground level in pasture, but this is probably the site of George Cheever's house.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 4 September, 2012
Amended: 14 February, 2014
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