Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Memorial stone
Athy, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athy
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.99217, -6.98445
- SMR number
- KD035-022023-
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Shown on 5 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
Affixed to the S wall, and to the E of the original doorway of The White Castle (KD035-022010-). An almost square stone (H 0.43m; Wth 0.48m) bearing a Latin inscription in Roman lettering in false relief. It translates as follows:
‘Richard Cossen, provost of the town of Athy, placed this stone the twenty seventh of the month of June A.D. 1575, and in the seventeenth year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Molhen O’Kelly’.
A manuscript presented to the Duke of Leinster in 1857 states that this stone was found c. 1770-80 in the old mill attached to the castle. There is an armorial stone (KD035-022024-) on the other side of the doorway. (Bradley et al. 1986a, vol. 1, 47).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 11 December 2013
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H.A. 1986 Urban Archaeological Survey - County Kildare (4 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.