House - 17th century

The National Monuments Service's description

On the N shore of Garadice Lough. A grant of almost 1,000 acres at Garadice was made to Nicholas Pynnar in 1661-2 (Mac an Ghalloglaigh 1971, 251). A T-shaped house has a three-bay, two-storey over basement N-facing front and a three-bay, two-storey return at the S. It is still occupied, and is possibly of late 17th- or early 18th-century date. Archaeological testing (99E0332) uncovered the foundations of a W wing which had been removed in the early 20th century (Murphy 2000).

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 23 September 2008

References

Mac an Ghalloglaigh, an t-Athair D. 1971 Leitrim 1600-1641. Journal of Cumann Seanchas Breifne (Breifne Historical Society) 4 (14), 225-54.

Murphy, Donald. 2000 Garadice House, Ballinamore. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 154, no. 468. Bray. Wordwell.