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with a wing of St. John's Hospital. It has an outer and inner arch, 

 and a guard-room. One side of a gate remains to the north of 

 Athlunkard-street, probably part of the castellated house shown there 

 in Hardiman's map, 57. We omit the later citadel, batteries, and 

 forts of the city and its besiegers in 1690-91. 



9. Ctjeeagowee. The weir of Coradoguir is named in 1201 in the 

 Inq. M. f. Henry (B.B.L., p. 15). 1577 The mills of Cordower 

 granted to Hercules Eainsford (Fi. 3027). 1627 W. Creaghf. Martin 

 held the C. and two mills of Carrowdarrower in the parish of St. 

 Mcholas (Inq. Chan. 50). 1657 Cun^agowr stone house and C. 

 (C.S., xxviii., p. 64). 



Suburbs — To the jS"oeth of the Shaxxox. 



10. Balltgeexax, or Castle Paek (5). Site marked. 1610 David 

 McCanney owned the C. of Parck (Inq. Chan., Car. I., 29). 1631 

 Pardon to Simon Panning for alienation of the C. of Park in the 

 County of the City (Pat. R.). 1655 Ballygi'enane C. (Petty 63). 



11. Paeeanshone, or Castle Blake (5). ISot marked.^ It is 

 possible that this may be one of the early castles called Blathac, the 

 second being at Drogheda. 1218 Walter de Lacy held the C. of 

 Drogheda, the land of Armail, and the C. of Blathac, near Limerick 

 city (C. S.P.I. , Ko. 835). The grants are equivocal, some giving 

 Drogheda, Armail,- near Limerick, and C. Blathac (i^., 952, 953). 

 The citizens of Limerick granted to Henry de Londres, Archbishop of 

 Dublin, 1213-1228, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, a 

 carucate at C. Blathac, with the C, being one of the forty castles 

 granted by King John to Limerick (Crede Mihi, lix. Lib. IN'ig. Alani, 

 579). Before 1248 the Archbishop granted it to Matilda, wife of 

 W. de Mareys (C.S.P.I., vol. i., 2759). In 1624, SirW. Parsons was 

 confirmed in Castleblake or Castleblagh in the County of the City of 

 Limerick (Pat. P.). 1633 Nic. Arthur held Castleblake or Parrenshone 

 vinq. Chan. 112) ; also in 1655 (C.S., xxviii., p. 83). It is not marked 

 iu Petty's map 63). 1666 Confirmed to Sii' AV. Petty (Act Sett.)- 



11. Knock (5). jS"ot marked. 1614 Ardnegallagh and other 

 lands held from the Corporation by T. Comyn (Inq. Exch.). 1655 



^ The phrase means that no site is marked in the townland in the Ordnance 

 Survey maps. " Site marked" means that it is described as " site" ; " marked," 

 that a " Castle " is named ; " unknown," that the very place is not identified. 



• Armail in County Tipperary. 



