Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - fortified house
Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stradbally
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Abbey
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.01561, -7.14740
- SMR number
- LA014-039004-
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Shown on 5 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
In the middle of the village of Stradbally on the E side of Main Street opposite the Market Square. In 1592 the lands of Francis Cosbye included 'the friary and all its appurtenances, and also of a mill (LA014-077----) with the mill-race in Stradbally, and the several castles, messuages, cottages, gardens and orchards, with 345 acres of land' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 328). According to O'Hanlon and O'Leary, 'O'Mores' castle (LA014-039002-) was pulled down by the Cosbies, and a fortified house was built in its place, which is now demolished' (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 328). According to Father Mooney, Francis Cosby built the fortified house with stone from the demolished friary (LA014-039001-) (Mooney 1955, 155). Today there are no visible surface remains of this levelled fortified house.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 27 May 2016
References
O'Hanlon, Rev. J. and O'Leary, Rev. E. 1907 (Reprint 1981) History of the Queen's county, vol. 1. Kilkenny. Roberts Books Ltd.
Mooney, C. 1955 Franciscan architecture in Pre-Reformation Ireland, Part I. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 85, 133-73.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.