Westropp — Ancient Cables of the County of Limerick. 189 



Exch., 10; Des. E., 6; Carew ii., p. 450). 1605 Sir E. Fitton 

 owned it. 1655 Sir Maur. Hurley held it (B.D., p. 118 ; Petty Map, 

 68; C.S., xxxi., p. 4) ; sold to Oliver Ormsby and confirmed 1666 

 (Act Sett.). 



KILMALLOCK. 



There are unusual masses of material for the civil and ecclesiastical 

 history of this place. As our object is rather to record the Castles, 

 we merely refer to the charters of J. f. Elie Juvenis, of Phil, f . John f. 

 Tho., ^N. PufP, T. Stoke, and Ade f. John f. Geffry, 1287-90, in 

 B.B.L. ; and to the elaborate surveys of 1655, in the Down and Civil 

 Surveys, Book of Distribution, Cromwellian Account Books and EoUs, 

 and the trusts of the '49 officers. In 1574 the place was plundered 

 for three days by Jas. Mac Maurice, the Sweenys, and Sheehys, then 

 " the houses both of stone and wood were broken and burned," and 

 the town ''became a receptacle and abode of wolves." 



236. King's Castle (47). Marked. 1206 King John ordered 

 Meyler f. Henry to inquire whether the C. of Kilmallock belonged to 

 Cork or Limerick (C.S.P.I.). 1302 The citizens were fined £14 for 

 murage (Pipe E.). 1375 Edward III. granted the Provost and 

 Commons certain tolls and customs for ten years to fortify the town ; 

 and Henry lY., in 1408, made a similar grant for twenty years (Pat. 

 E.)- The C. seems later than these grants. 1583 The Earl of 

 Desmond held a tenement named Lauery near the C. (Des. E., 6b). 

 1588 The C. granted to H. BiUingsly, and 1604 to T. Browne of 

 Aney. 1645 Used as a chief arsenal by the Irish under Lord Castle- 

 haven. 1651 Used for a hospital and depot by the Parliamentary 

 Army. 1655 The King's C. south of St. John's Street named (C.S., 

 xxvii., p. 15). 1667 Col. Eandall Clayton confirmed in a plott 

 near it. 



Fabric. — It is a peel tower, with 70 stone steps and a large arch 

 to one side ; used in later days as a forge. It is about 60 feet high 

 and battlemented (Dowd, "Co. Limerick," p. 11). For its rescue 

 from demolition, see Journal E.S.A.I., vol. xxviii., p. 175. There 

 is a view in FitzGerald's History, vol. ii. 



237. Parosty or Doeosty. 1607 Jas. Fox held the stone house 

 called Parostie (Inq. Chan., 27b). 1655 The C. was held by J. Fox 

 with a waste plot, and had one room in each of its three stories (C.S., 

 xxvii., p. 28). 



238. 239. The Miaghs' Castle, John's Street. There were two C.s 



