Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical residence
Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildare
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD022-029011-
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 3, 203-4), there is documentary evidence for the presence of fortified townhouses in Kildare in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, including the ‘Bishop’s Palace’, referred to in the Civil Survey of 1654 (Simmington 1952, 223). It stood immediately to the N of the cathedral, in a field known locally as ‘the Bishop’s Field’ (JKAS 1918-21, 365). No visible surface traces survive.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 8 February 2012
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