Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leper hospital
Maudlin (fassadinin By., Kilmacar Ed), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maudlin (fassadinin By., Kilmacar Ed)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.76457, -7.24477
- SMR number
- KK010-134----
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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
Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 202-3) notes that the townland name, 'Maudlin', 'was used to denote a lazar house, or leper hospital. That a house, or hospital, of this class stood here, in ancient times may be taken for granted, though all tradition in connection with it has died out'. However, according to local tradition a leper hospital was located in the southern portion of the townland, the remaining foundations of which were demolished in the 1970s/early 1980s. It is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 17 January 2019
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
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