Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 16th/17th century
Aharney, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aharney
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- LA035-059----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated house within townland, described by Carrigan as 'A Catholic gentleman named Jemmy or Shaemeen Clarke, a relative of Clarke, Duc de Feltre, lived here about 1770. He was a famous hurler. The site of his residence, an old mansion or castle, is pointed out in the "Old Street" of Aharney' (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 309).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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