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A rumour spread that the latter intended to burn Bruff ; and this, 

 with the fact of their burning Eallynegalliagh Tillage, led Lacy 

 to advance against them. He drew up his men on the hill; but 

 the English did not venture to attack him, and he returned to Bruff. 

 Unfortunately, while he was absent from home (against his explicit 

 orders and his wife's entreaties), his followers hanged two English 

 prisoners, in revenge for Ballynegalliagh (Deps., 359, 371, 457). 

 1655 Broffe C, bawn, orchard, and tucking-mill belonged to the 

 daughters of Sir T. Standish (C.S., xxiv., p. 11). It was the chief 

 residence of the Hartstonges, Baronets, in later days. 



Falric. — The C. was on the Morning Star river to the west of 

 the bridge. It measured 35 feet by 184- feet, and had a square door 

 with inclined jambs. It was 24 feet high, with a vaulted understory, 

 the rest nearly gone. The defaced " Court " lay to the north-east, and 

 was 27 feet long ; both have been levelled since 1840(O.S.L., 8, p. 102). 



Deomin. 



187. Maidstown or Ballyvenoge (39). Marked. 1655 Bally- 

 benoge or Ballyvenoge C, a good C. and bawn, and an indifferent 

 house, JohnEox (C.S., xxiv., p. 4; B.D., p. 68; D.S.A., 42). 1666 

 Confirmed to Captain A. Ormsby ; then passed to the Gubbins family. 

 It was locally called Baile ui Benog in 1840. 



Falric. — It measures 35 feet by 32 feet externally, the walls 

 being 3-^ feet thick, and 50 feet high. The main wing has three, the 

 turret five, stories, with a spiral stair in the latter (O.S.L., 8, p. 81). 



Ueegaee. 



188. Ballygeennane (40). Marked. 1583 Part of the C. of 

 Ballegrynan was held by W. ffoxe ; it lay in Pubblebuskagh (Inq. 

 Exch., 14 ; Peyton, p. 206). Gerald, Earl of Kildare, and his ancestors 

 had held it (Inq. Exch., 13). Jas. Eox held Castellynam, 

 Ballygrynan C, and other lands (Des. R., 3 b). 1621 It was granted 

 to Dr. J. Metcalf and G. Jones (Pat. E.). 1657 Jas. Eox held 

 Ballygrenan C, orchard, and fishing- weir out of repair. It was sold 

 toG.Evans^ (C.S., xxiv., p. 20 ; D.S.A.,42; B.D.,p. 71). Confirmed 

 to Evans, 1667. 



^ FitzGerald (vol. i., p. 320) mentions the very handsome house built by 

 the Hartstonge family on the site of the Lacy's Castle, near Biuff, on the 

 bank of the River " Dawn." 



- John Evans, father of this George, settled in Limerick, 1628. George had a son 



