HISTORY OF BALLYMORE EUSTACE
It was in the year 1373 that the name Eustace first became associated with Ballymore when Thomas Fitzoliver Fitzeustace was appointed constable of the castle with a salary of £10.00.The
conditions were that he should reside there and guard and keep the castle. There is now no trace of the castle though the site is believed to have been on Garrison Hill close to the ruined mill on the Liffey.Natives who died during the Great War
Michael Brady, Hubert Crichton, John de Burgh, Michael Deegan, Thomas Deegan,
Patrick Doran, J.Judge, Christopher Fitzpatrick,
John Foster, Matthew Homan, J.Downey,
James Kaye, W.Keegan, Michael Mahon,
Thomas Mangan, Andrew McGarr,P.Mclaughlin,
William Nolan, Henry Notley, Micheal O Hara,
And James Wright.
How the Liffey helped
Ballymore
The River Liffey was the prime reason for the
Existence of the original Ballymore Eustace. The fact that it was also the site of the major crossing of the river enhanced its economic importance.The present bridge was built in 1784.Two former ones had been erected downstream. Such a site invariably had water-driven mills.In the case of Ballymore Eustace, there is documented evidence of such a mill as far back as the mediaeval times. At the time of the Bianconi mail coaches, circa 1870 Ballymore Eustace had no less than five hotels and twenty one public houses.
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