Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque (present location)
Limerick City, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Limerick City
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.67035, -8.62542
- SMR number
- LI005-017171-
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
This is the Mungret Gate Stone bearing an inscription with the date 1643 and the Limerick City Arms, 'Denis Leonard of Limerick Civic Trust has recently recovered the stone and it is currently in the yard to the rear of the Trust's headquarters in the Bishop's Palace' (Hodkinson 2007).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 16 April 2012
References
Hodkinson, B. 2007 The Original City Arms? North Munster antiquarian journal 47, 111-114.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.