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Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tallaght
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.28925, -6.36477
- SMR number
- DU021-037009-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is a large granite basin formerly known as St. Mollrooneys Lossit (DU 21:37(09). It is a long, horse-shoe shaped basin with uneven sides and a concave base (Ball 1899, 99-103, Price 1942, 39-40, Handcock 1899, 29-36). (DU21:37(01). It is known as St. Maelruan's Griddle and Loaf (dims. H 0.85m, Wth 0.52m, T 0.13m).
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Compiled by Geraldine Stout
References
Handcock, W.D. 1877 (1991 ed.) The history and antiquities of Tallaght in the county of Dublin. Dublin. Anna Livia Press.
Ball, E.F. 1899a Ballymount Castle. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 29, 98-9.
Ball, E.F. 1899b Clondalkin, Tallaght, etc., west Co. Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 29, 99-103.
Ball, E.F. 1899c Descriptive sketch of Clondalkin, Tallaght and other places in west County Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 29, 93-108.
Ball, E.F. 1899d Descriptive sketch of Tallaght and other places in west County Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 29, 173-4.
Price, L. (ed.) 1942 An eighteenth-century antiquary: the sketches, notes and Diaries of Austin Cooper, 1759-1880. Dublin.
Price, L. (ed.) 1942 An Eighteenth Century Antiquary. Falconer, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.