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Memorial stone

Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Canice Par.), County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Memorial stone, Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Canice Par.), County Kilkenny, 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
Gardens (Kilkenny City By., St. Canice Par.)
County
Kilkenny
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.65638, -7.25667
SMR number
KK019-026187-

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Incorporated in the S face of the wall surrounding St Canice’s Cathedral (KK019-026029-) and graveyard (KK019-026171-), immediately E of the SE entrance. A rectangular limestone plaque with an inscription in Latin in Roman Capitals. The inscription is in false relief within a sunken cruciform-shaped recess. The inscription reads: R. D. JACOBUS SHEE PROCURATOR TEMPLI 1647.

See attached photographs:
KK019-027187-_01 Plaque incorporated in wall adjoining entrance to St Canice's Cathedral
KK019-027187-_01 Detail of plaque

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 20 December 2019

Nearby in the register

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

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