Post office

The National Monuments Service's description

Towards the E end of Gowran, on the S side of Main Street. A building annotated, ‘Post Office’ is indicated at this location on White’s map of Gowran, 1710/11. Though the map is early 18th century in date, it is likely that the post office dates to the 17th century, as a post office was established in the town between 1659 and 1682 (Hughes 2015, 67, map 1.2). During this period George Warbuton, a senior postmaster official in Dublin from c. 1667-1703, was also elected as MP to the Irish parliament from Gowran in 1692-3 (ibid., 57, 64-8). The plot which appears to be the location of the post office is currently vacant.

See attached:
KK020-060069-_01 White's map of 1710/11 with the post office highlighted.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 March 2021

References

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).

Hughes, A.J. 2015 The post office in Ireland, 1638-1840. Unpublished PhD thesis. Department of History, Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth.