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According to the Book of Survey and Distribution (1660s) the whole parish of St. Margaret’s, except the glebe land, amounting to 265 acres was owned by John Sheevers (Cheevers) in 1640. The parish consists of the townlands of Ballyane (Ballare) and Bindstowne (Birdstown), Sumerstowne and Ballyknockane, Ballycullone (St. Margaret’s and Drinagh), and Coussinstowne (Simington 1953, 305). There is no mention of a castle, and one is not depicted on the Down Survey barony map (1656-8), but a house with two chimneys is depicted at Ballyculloone (3) in the vicinity of the church. The precise location of this house is not known. The land of St. Margaret’s parish was granted to Capt. Richard Nunn during the Cromwellian period, and this was confirmed in 1665. He also received extensive lands elsewhere in Co. Wexford (Hore 1921, 48-9) and in Co. Cavan (Jeffrey 1979, 39).
See the attached section from the Down Survey barony map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 27 March, 2014
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