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123. Castle Mungeet (13). Marked. 1201 Mungaret belonged 

 to the church of Limerick (E.B.L., p. 14), having been granted by 

 Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick, mite, 1194, '-Imungram ab arcu 

 usque ad terram Imailin (Ballyclough) et a vado cenii usq' ad 

 fluminem sinanum " (B.B.L., No. xxix.). 1216 Ten carucates of 

 land in Mungareth, and ten in Omayll, with the natives, which the 

 citizens of Limerick held, were assigned by G. de Marisco to the 

 Bishop {lb., 46, 119). 1225 A market was established on the manor 

 of Mountgarret by Bishop Hubert de Burgh (C.S.P.I.). 1336 A full 

 survey of the manor made for Bishop M. de Rupefort. The tenants 

 were Coke, Rhys, Lewe, White, Butler, Lofte, Ogealvayn, 

 Odowayn, Oerynan, Ocarthany, Ocoggan, Ohibyle, Oconnyn (Gunn- 

 ing), Omolcassill. " Yilla y molcassill, a castro domini usque ad 

 Bilycomide" (Rental, B.B.L., p. 138). It was lost to the see, and 

 was eventually confiscated. 1583 C. and vill of Monrenett (Des. R., 

 7b). There were two towers there (Peyton, p. 25). Castle Mungaratt 

 was recovered before 1621 by Bishop Bernard Adams (B.B.L., p. 148). 

 1653 Capt. Jos. Cuffe held Castle Mongret (Hartwell Acct. Book, 

 P.R.O.I.). 1655 Castle Mungret and Temple Mungret, respectively, 

 held by David Roche and H. Bindon^ (C.S., xxix., p. 30). The latter 

 family long held the lands with Clooney, Co. Clare. The Bishop's 

 lands were C. Mongrett, Knockane, Twordell, Ballykee, and Temple- 

 mungrett (B.D., p. 106).^ 



Falric. — Only the vaulted basement remained in 1840 (O.S.L., 9, 

 p. 33). 



124. Cloughkeating (13). Not marked. 1336 Ric. Keating 

 (Rental). 1586 Clogh Akeatyn C, lands of Murrogh mac Moriertagh 

 O'Brien, tanist of Poblebryan (Peyton, p. 254b). 1587 Grant to 

 Sir E. Pyton, of Tirvowe, the C. and lands of Cloghkettin, Rahan, &c 

 (Fi. 5032; Inq. Exch., 47). 1611 Sir W. Agard held the C of 

 Cloghketting transferred under W. Carter's Patent (Inq. Chan., 6b) 

 1657 Marg., Lady Dowager of Castleconnell, held Cloghenkeaten and 

 lUen Ivowanawith the broken C. (C.S., xxix., p. 29; D.S.A., 1) 

 1669 Confirmed to David and H. Bindon (Act Sett.). 1757 Sam 

 Bindon, of Templemungret, settled Cloughkoka and Cloughkeating 

 alius Ballynoe (Dub. Reg., B., 185, p. 600). 



1 For the Bindon family, see Journal R.S.A.I., xxi., p. 78. 

 -Lenihan, p. 538, gives a circumstantial tradition, making the Castle a Hous 

 of Templars, who " occasionally did garrison duty at CarrigogunnelL" 



