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dues to ]iic. mac Tho., of the Pallace, Peyton ; names its C. (Des. 

 R., 70b; Peyton, 38b). It was granted to Sir W. Courtenay, from 

 whom G. Meade held the C. and dwelling-house (Inq. Chan., 6b). 

 1655 Gerrett Miagh held it (C.S., p. 36) ; and in 1688 Hugh Fleming. 

 It was then a broken-topped peel tower with an attached dwelling- 

 house having a high roof and chimneys, and standing among trees. 

 (Trustees' Maps). 



Now IX Co. COEK. 



357. Beohill (Cork 2). !N'ot marked. The C. stood near Charle- 

 ville, and was in 1586 in Clonekoghrea (Cloncoura or Colmanswell) 

 Parish and Co. Limerick, being in the Toghe of Brohill, and held 

 by liedmond mac Gerald (Peyton, 191).^ Sir Ger. PitzGerald held 

 Twoh de Brohill in Com. Lim. (Inq. Exch., 11, p. 246). It gives a 

 title to the Boyle family. 



358. KiLBOLANE (Cork 1). Marked. 1587. The C. was then in 

 Co. Limerick, and granted to H. TJghtrede as part of the estate of 

 David Gybbin or Encorrig, Lord of the Great Wood (Carew MS.). 

 1613 The C. of Kilbolane or Kilbullen in Co. Limerick, granted to 

 Sir W. Power (Pat. B.). See Gardenfield, 351, supra. 



359. Castlelishen (Cork 6). Marked. Six furlongs from the 

 border. It is often assigned to Limerick, and those who do so have 

 been accused of inaccuracy. The Pacata Hibernia locates it in 

 Connello. O'Hownownane held it in 1580; it was then in Co. 

 Limerick (Inq. Exch., 11). Eorits owners, the Eitzgeralds, see under 

 Glenquin {372, mfra). 1600 See the Pacata for the capture of the 

 Sugan Earl, his imprisonment in Castlelishen, and his rescue by John 

 of Desmond, Pierce Lacy, and 4000 men. It will be noted that 

 the Limerick border has been much encroached upon. Cullen and 

 Kilcolman, in Tipperary {supra, 104, 105), Tullylease Parish, Brohill, 

 Kilbolane, Rathgogan, and probably Castlelishen, in Cork, and Kil- 

 murrily, in Kerry, all once belonged to Co. Limerick. 



GLENQDIIi. 



Though the name is old, the Barony is first separated from Con- 

 nello Upper in the maps of 1840 ; even on those of 1836 it had no 

 separate existence. 



^ The question was even then raised as to its assignment to Cork. Peyton, 

 p. 194. 



