Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
School
Kilpadder, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilpadder
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilpadder Sch.
- Coordinates
- 51.90260, -9.45672
- SMR number
- KE094-073----
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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
On a steep slope at the N side of a road c. 1.5km W of Kilgarvan. One-storey former school house. Front (SE) of three bays; central, gabled, porch projection with doorway at side approached by stone steps. Rectangular window opes with modern frames. Gable-ended with chimney on each gable. Inscribed plaque on gable of porch now illegible. Known locally as "the old Protestant school". Named 'School Ho.' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map.
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
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.