Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stocks
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
- CL033-082052-
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The National Monuments Service's description
In an unknown location on O’Connell Square within Ennis historic town (CL033-082----). There is a reference to ‘stocks’ in 1682 and a later reference to the erection of a ‘pair’ of stocks in 1699 in the Corporation Books of Ennis as cited by Ó Dálaigh (2012, 15). Reference is also made to stocks throughout the 18th century with a pair erected in 1800 receiving a mention in the Ennis Chronicle on 23 October 1800.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 14 July 2014
References
Ó Dálaigh, B. 2012 Irish Historic Towns Atlas, No. 25. Ennis. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin.