BALLYCUMBER
OS 7:12:2 (830,246) Not indicated OD 100-200 22112, 23073
Castle (site) and datestone Situated within Ballycumber Demesne, immediately W of the River Brosna. Ballycumber House was built in 1736 (Garner 1985, 13) apparently on the site of an earlier Mac Coghlan castle. A datestone which appears to have formed the top part of a window, bearing the inscription 'DERMOT COGHLAN MADE THIS CASTELL IN ANNO DNI 1627' is incorporated into the rear wall of the house. This former stronghold of which there are no upstanding remains may have been a tower house of fortified house.
7:39 13-10-93

BALLYKEAN
OS 26:8:4 (721,365) O'Dempssy's Castle (site of)' OD 200-300 24931, 21939
Castle (site) Situated in low-lying pasture-lands with a moated site (793) to E and a church and graveyard (625) to W. An earlier report (ITA Survey 1942) identified the rudimentary remains of the S, E and W walls (T 0.7m) of a building (int. dims. 18.3m N-S x 22.9m E-W) constructed of rubble and mortar. The letters of the first Ordnance Survey (O'Flanagan 1933, col. 1, 1-2) mention the existence of portion of a bawn wall and a corner tower at the site in the last century. No visible remains at ground level.
26:18 6-10-92


BALLYLEAKIN
OS 11:16:1 (700,130) 'Purfoy or Ballyleakin Castle (in ruins)' OD 200-300 25877,22978
Castle (site) Situated immediately W of Ballyleakin House in pasture-land commanding extensive views. Marked as a tower on a map of Offaly of 1563 and stated as the property of William Sandy in 1622 (Loeber Survey 1988). A large shed has been built on the site of the castle. No visible remains at ground level.
11:30 24-6-91

BALLYNASRAH (Garrycastle By.)
OS 29:11:2 (608,253) 'Faddaun Castle (site of)' OD 100-200 19940,21144
Castle (site) Situated in marginal land N of the Little Brosna River and on the N side of the road between the villages of Stream and Newtown. Ballynasrah was a residence of Sir John Mac Coughlan c. 1620 and then described by Mathew de Renzy as a 'fine castle seated uppon the pleasanst hill in that countrie, and so called by reason that there runns a little brooke hard by it. There is a well of water within the castle and a bawn about it' (Mac Cuarta 1987, 170). A modern bungalow has been built on the site of the castle. No visible remains at ground level.
29:13 17-1-94

BEHERNAGH
OS 44:8:1 (744,453) Not indicated OD 300-400 20101,18795
Castle (site) Situated at Behernagh Cottage on high ground in upland terrain E of a tributary of the Ballyfinboy River. A Funeral Entry (G.O., vol. 7, no. 70,616) indicated that Behernagh was the property of Charles O'Carroll c. 1639. Marked on the Down Survey of 1654 as the 'stumpe of a castle'. The only surving feature is a fragment of a circular tower which is possibly a corner tower of the bawn.
44:1 21-2-94

BELLAIR OR BALLYARD
OS 7:7:4 (515,367) Not indicated OD 200-300 21777, 23198
Castle (site) Situated in pasture-land in the vicinity of Bellair House. The castle at Bellair may have been the property of John Dillon c. 1641 and was later granted to Samuel Rollins (Loeber Survey 1988). An 18th/19th-century gothick style building in the courtyard of the house was probably constructed in imitation of the earlier castle at the site.
7:59 19-10-93

BELLMOUNT OR LISDERG
OS 14:14:6 (396,40) 'Bellmount Castle (site of)' OD 100-200 20684, 22204
Castle (site) Situated in pasture-land N of the Borsna River and S of Belmont House. Marked as a castle on the Down Survey of 1654. In the 1650s the castle of 'Lisdarry' was the property of John Coghlan and was granted to Terence Coghlan in 1663 (Loeber Survey 1988). No visible remains at ground level.
14:38 23-11-93

BROUGHAL
OS 31:2:2 (364,574) 'Broughal Castle' OD 100-200 21631, 21496
Castle (site) Situated in pasture-land in Broughal Demesne. An O'Molloy stronghold which was described in 1537 as 'a good ward, well victualled, well ordnanced and well manned, evironed strongly with wood and moor' and subsquently thrown down by Lord Deputy Grey in 1538 (Loeber Survey 1988). The King's County Chronicle depicts the castle as a tall rectangular tower with crenellated wall-walk and gabled roof. It was demolished in 1930s. Near the site of the castle there are substantial remains of out-buildings and part of a 19th-century gothick style bawn. [Poor photographs of this building survive.] 31:6 11-8-93

BUSHERSTOWN
OS 47:1:2 (134,539) Not indicated OD 300-400 20436, 18249
Castle (site) Situated on high ground in pasture-land. A partly castellated house of two storeys and three bays with a round tower attached at one end. Built by Humphrey Minchin in the early 18th century on the site of the castle of 'Bouchardstown'. The property of John Carroll and his son Donough in the first half of the 17th century, the castle was granted to Charles Minchin in the late 17th century (Loeber Survey 1988). The house was burnt in 1764 and subsequently rebuilt. (Bence-Jones 1978, 51). No visible remains of the castle at ground level. 47:2 22-3-94