Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Keatingstown (crannagh By.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keatingstown (crannagh By.)
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- KK014-086----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Castle indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the City of Kilkenny’ and on the parish map of ‘Canice’(Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). In the terrier accompanying the parish map, the proprietors of ‘Keatingstown’ in 1640 are listed as ‘Robert Shea Hen[ry] Archer Rich[ard] Lawler Rich[ard] Rooth’ (ibid.). The precise location of the castle is unknown within the townland.
See attached:
KK014-086----_01 Extract from the the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the City of Kilkenny’
KK014-086----_02 Extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of ‘Canice ‘
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 15 June 2020