Ballintober, County Roscommon
Ballintober (Irish: Baile an Tobair, meaning "settlement of the well")[2] is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is 6 kilometers from the town of Castlerea. As of the 2016 census, Ballintober had a population of 300 people.[1]
Ballintober
Baile an Tobair | |
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Village | |
.jpg.webp) Ballintober Castle | |
  Ballintober Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°43′04″N 8°24′35″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Roscommon |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population (2016)[1] | 147 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M725741 |
On the outskirts of the village are the remains of an early 14th century stone castle first mentioned in writing in 1311.[3] It is not recorded who built Ballintober Castle, but it is generally associated with the O'Conor family who ruled Connaught for several centuries.[3]
References
- "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballintober". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- "Baile an Tobair / Ballintober". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Ballintober Castle County Roscommon" (PDF). roscommoncoco.ie. Roscommon County Council. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
Ballintober is a privately owned castle under the care of its ancestral occupants, the O’Conors of Connacht [..] The castle was built at the very start of the 14th century [..] The first reference to Ballintober is [in 1311] when a mercenary killed a Gruelach/warrior, and was himself killed
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