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Mortagh O'Sheehy held Brownescourt or Brownestown (Des. E., 

 23; Inq. Exch., 11, 54; Fi. 3842); part of estate of dissolved 

 Abbey of Keynsham.^ It is shown as Courtbrowne C. (Peyton, 

 p. 86 ; Hardiman Map 2). 1615 Maur. Berkeley let the C. to 

 T. Martin, of Ballynash (Inq. Chan., 72b). 1642-52 Peter MaunselP 

 held Courte Browne, Athskeaton (Dep. T.C.D., p. 302). 1655 

 Owned by Mrs. Crofton and Lord Broghill (C.S., p. 65). 

 Fabric. — Some fragments of the " Court" remain. 



294. Ballynash (10-11). Not marked. The Kash family is 

 probably correct in deriving its descent from W. de !N'aas (1199), the 

 grantee of Carnkital C. It was settled near Askeaton from at least 

 1346.3 In 1582, Ric. JS'ashe held Ballynashigg C. (Des. B., 23). 

 1590 C. Nash is marked (Hardiman 2). 1620 M. Berkeley settled it 

 on his wife (Inq. Chan., 72b; and Deed P. E.G. I.). 1655 Held by 

 Lord BrohiU and Mrs. Crofton (C.S., p. 65). 



295. Ballinoet (11). Not marked. 1590 Ballynorty granted 

 to Fra. Barckley (Fi. 5469). He held it till his death. It had 

 a "sufficient dwellinghouse on it" in 1611 (Inq. Chan., 6b). It 

 passed to his sons Maurice, 1615, and Henry, 1623, and his daughter 

 Gertrude Taylor. It was held by the Taylors till about 1760, 

 when Catherine, sister of W. Taylor, and her husband, Hugh, 

 second Baron Massy, succeeded to it. 1655 The map shows a 

 castellated house and tower : Ballonort, Jo. Tailour (D.S.B., 11 ; 

 C.S., p. 68).^ A doubtful site. 



296. Ballyengland or Castle Hewsox (11). Marked. An 

 appanage of Keynsham Abbey. 1581 T. England, held Englands- 



^ Keynsham tithed Courtbrown, Ballingarry, Ballestyen, Ealleenglande or 

 Englystowne, Balleneclohy, Ballean, Lissemotte, Kylmakho, Lysmykyre, Ballen- 

 mullen, Asketne, and Mackrevo, all in Conelagh, with rectories of Ballingarry, 

 Askeaton, Kylmakho, Lysmakyre, and'Egglys Rossye. The tithes were granted 

 to G. Baatman, a butcher, in 1570 (Fi. 1716), 



2 The early Maunsells Avere founded in Munster before 1250 by Walter, the fourth 

 son of John Maunsell, Provost of Beverley. Walter was Governor of Occonath 

 (Coonagh), and died 1318; his son Eobert was sheriff of Tipperary, 1304. They 

 appear in numerous thirteenth-century records, but the present Maunsells claim to 

 have been established in it by T., grandson of T. Maunsell, of Chicheley, Bucks, 

 1609. See History of Maunsell or Mansel," by Robert G. Maunsell (1903), 

 pp. 11, 95. 



3 Pat. R. The following held office in Limerick City. BaiUffs :— John, 1272 ; 

 John, 1327, 1337, 1342; Richard, 1365. John was Mayor 1354, by which time 

 they had settled at Askeaton (1346). See infra, BallycuUen. 



For the Taylors, see R.S.A.I., vol. xxxiv., p. 131. 



