Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barracks
King'S Island,limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- King'S Island,limerick City
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67041, -8.62307
- SMR number
- LI005-017051-
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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
Leask (1941, 98-9) recorded that during the reing of Charles II (1660-85) a barracks was 'erected on the ground now occupied by St. Mary's Convent and the schools: the space within the great gap. The French map does not show it, while the map of 1786 in Ferrar's History indicates several regular blocks of buildings call "Barracks, later Brewery" '.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 November 2019
References
Ferrar, J. 1787 The history of Limerick. Limerick.
Leask, H.G. 1941 The ancient walls of Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 2, 95-108.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.