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School

Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of School, Kenmare, 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
Kenmare
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
School
Coordinates
51.87805, -9.58244
SMR number
KE093-061007-

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

On S side of Shelburne Street, Kenmare. T-shaped, one-storey structure. Front (NW) of five bays; central gabled porch projection of one bay. Gable-ended roof; three chimneys, one on each gable and one off-centre to right. Named 'National School' on 1846 OS 6-inch map. The building is still in use as such.

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

Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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