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Memorial stone (present location)

Kilshruley, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Memorial stone (present location), Kilshruley, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilshruley
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.77785, -7.62511
SMR number
LF010-135001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Incorporated in the S face of the W pier of the gateway, which is on the N side of the 19th-century courtyard attached to the now-levelled ‘Kilshruley Manor’. This inscribed stone (H 0.22m; Wth 0.5m) bears the following inscription: ‘CAPTAIN ANDREW ADAIRE DID REPAIR THIS CASTLE IN ANNO DOM 1666’. The stone undoubtedly came from the castle (LF010-135----) that stood on or in close proximity to the house. Captain Adaire served as an officer in the army of Charles I and is listed as one of the ‘1649 Officers’ who was granted land under the Act of Settlement (1662) and Explanation (1665) (O’Hart 1884, 372, 452). He is returned in the 1659 Census as one of the principal gentlemen residing in the Corporation of St Johnstown (now Ballinalee) (Farrell 1891, 144; Pender 2002, 459).

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 13 June 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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