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Country house

Shinnagh (Magunihy By.), County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Country house, Shinnagh, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Shinnagh (Magunihy By.)
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Shinnagh Ho.
Coordinates
52.08101, -9.20697
SMR number
KE068-121----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In level pasture to the SE of Rathmore village. A two-storey gable-ended house. The front elevation (NE) is of five bays, the central bay being slightly recessed. There is a central rectangular door ope with a rectangular overlight. The house is gable-ended with a chimney on each gable and some brick is visible on the left hand side chimney. There is a cornice under the eaves at the front. There are one-storey additions to the rear. A stone coachhouse is adjacent to the SE and there are further outhouses to the rear. The house is said to have been built in 1790 (Bary 1994, 223).

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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