House - 17th century

The National Monuments Service's description

On White’s map of 1710/11, on the S side of ‘the Green’ there is a tenement annotated as, ‘House Templers’. Though the map dates to the early 18th century, the house probably dated to the 17th century or earlier. The house was roughly located where there are three semi-detached houses, c. 50m W of the fair green, on the S side of Main Street. The Templar reference probably dates back to when the Knights Templars held the rectory of Gowran, presumably until they were disbanded in 1312 and the rectory passed to the Hospitallers, the Knights of St John of Jerusalam. Early in Edward II’s reign, c. 1307-10, oak trees from the Templars’ woods at Athkilton were given to repair the houses at ‘Ballygawran’ (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 329-30). The precise location of the ‘House Templers’ is unknown.

See attached:
KK020-060028-_01 White's 1710/11 map with 'House Templers' highlighted.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 March 2021

References

Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.

White, J. 1710/11 A survey of the towne and lands of Gowrane in the County of Kilkenny belonging to Mr Lewis Chaigneau of Dublin merch[an]t made in the presence of Mr David Chaigneau Mr John Bayly Mr John Sandbeach Sam[ue]l Bingham James Quigly and Mr James White the surveyor; and the said lands contain arable pasture and meadow one thousand two hundred ninety seven acres thirty five perches plantation measure over and above all deductions for intermixt lands and common high roads as appeareth by a table of reference hereunto. Surveyed in the month of March 1710/11 by a scale of 20 p[er]chs. Ja: White. NLI MS map 21.F.55 (4).