Ballintober (Irish: Baile an Tobair, meaning 'settlement of the well')[2] is a village in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is 6 kilometres (4 mi) from the town of Castlerea. As of the 2022 census, Ballintober had a population of 199.[1] The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[2]
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]
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References
- ^ a b "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Ballintober". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Baile an Tobair / Ballintober". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b "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
