Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque
Carstown (ferrard By; Termonfecin Par.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carstown (ferrard By; Termonfecin Par.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.75965, -6.31779
- SMR number
- LH021-046004-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
One of two armorial plaques (see also LH021-046003-) dated 1612 in Carstown House (LH021-046002-). This one in false relief is the keystone of the original fireplace in the N wall. The initials 'O.P.' and 'K.H.' on either side of the coat of arms representing Plunket impaling Hussey within a wreath would appear to represent the names of Oliver Plunket and Katherine Hussey, the then owners of the house. Over the crest is 'IHS' and the date 1612 (FitzGerald 1906; Tempest 1943a, 219-20).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 May 2016
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1906 Carstown House. Parish of Termonfeckin. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland vol. 6, No. 3, 2. 586-7
Tempest, H.G. 1943a Two fireplace inscriptions 1584 and 1612. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal 10 (3), 216-21.
Nearby in the register
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.