Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Franciscan friars
Moneymore, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moneymore
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.71495, -6.34739
- SMR number
- LH024-041002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 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
Franciscan Friary situated close to the customs house at Drogheda and thought to have been established about 1245 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 247-8). No visible surface trace. (Bradley 1984b, 107-8; D'Alton 1844, 128-31; CLAJ 1941, 36-41; CLAJ 1943, 257-8)
The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Quayunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.