Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Memorial stone
Gardens (kilkenny City By., St. Canice Par.), County Kilkenny, Ireland
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
- 52.65624, -7.25658
- SMR number
- KK019-026188-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Incorporated in the walling above the arch at the top of St Canice’s Steps. The archway (KK019-026103----) and steps, leading from Velvet Lane to St Canice’s Cathedral, were built in 1614 by Robert Jose (Joyse), a clergyman attached to St Canice’s, with the position of procurator to the Chapter (Prim 1862, 178). A rectangular limestone plaque, with the same inscription on both the N and S faces. On the S side the plaque is recessed within a well-cut border and the inscription, in Latin and in Roman Capitals is in false relief. On the N side the surface is flat with the same inscription in Roman Capitals in raised relief. The inscription has been transcribed by Prim (ibid.) as, ‘Robertus Jose. procurator. hanc. Januam & gradus. sumptubus. Ecclesie. aedificauit. An’o. 1614.’.
See attached photographs:
KK019-026188-_01 S side of plaque
KK019-026188-_02 N side of plaque
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 20 December 2019
References
Prim, J. G. A. 1862-3 Notes on Kilkenny inns and taverns. Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 4 (1), 152-180.
Nearby in the register
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaque (present location)under 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.