Castletown, County Limerick
Castletown (Irish: Baile an Chaisleáin, meaning 'town of the castle'), also known as Castletown Conyers, is an electoral division, townland and village in County Limerick, Ireland.[1] The townland, which had a population of 143 as of the 2011 census,[2] is in the civil parish of Corcomohide and the historical barony of Connello Upper.[3][4]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes an ecclesiastical site (known locally as "the Abbey"), a motte, a castle and manor house.[5] The entry for Castletown Conyers, in A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), associates this settlement with the Mac Einery family.[4] Originally known as Kilmoodan,[4] and later known as Castletown McEnery,[1] the area became known as Castletown Conyers after the arrival of the Conyer family in the late 17th century.[6] The Conyer family, landlords and occupiers of the estate's manor house,[6] lived in the area until at least the late 19th century.[7]
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