People and Places of Galway

Standard Name:

Glinsk Castle

Irish Form of Name:

Glinsce

Translation:

glen of the briers

Civil Parish:

Ballynakill in the Barony of Ballymoe
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:

Glinsk Castle
Glinsk

Comment:

See townland

Description:

This castle appears to have been destroyed by fire, the exterior walls alone standing the inside of which have a blackened appearance. The lintels of all the doors, windows and chimneys are burnt out and the architecture is the same as that of the O’Donnells Castle in the town of Donegal.

Situation:

Glinsk Castle now in ruins is situated nearly in the centre of the townland of Glinsk about 2 chains South of Glinsk House.

Information from the Ordnance Survey Letters:

The Ordnance Survey Letters are letters between John O'Donovan and his supervisor, Thomas Larcom, regarding the work of compiling the Field Books. These letters provide further discussion on many of the places listed in the Field Books.

References to this place can be found in the following letter.

Volume 1 page 73

What is a townland?:

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169

Townland:

Glinsk Castle is in Glinsk townland.

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
(Click on place name to view original map in new window.)

This link is not a link to the townland that you are currently researching; however, if you follow this link, you will see a search box near the top of the page which you can use to search for your townland.

Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.

You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
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Glinsk Castle

Information from the National Monuments Service.
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You can use this link to view a map of archaelogical features.
This link brings you to a website wherein you will have to search for your townland.

Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service

Information from the Landed Estates Database.
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The following is a list of those houses in this townland which are discussed in the Landed Estates Database.

Glinsk House

Information about Glinsk Castle

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Townland Information

Information From Maps

Information From The Landed Estates Database