Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - Market cross
Clonroad Beg, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonroad Beg
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- CL033-082032-
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The National Monuments Service's description
A cross stood in the market square (now O’Connell Square) in Ennis historic town (CL033-082----) in front of the market-house (CL033-082012-) until 1711 when the corporation ordered that it be dismantled and its stones used for the construction of a public quay. The Corporation Books of Ennis make reference to the cross in 1682 and 1700. Other than that it stood at the square the precise location is unknown. (Ó Dálaigh 2012, 5)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 19 May 2014
References
Ó Dálaigh, B. 2012 Irish Historic Towns Atlas, No. 25. Ennis. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin.