Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Singland, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Singland
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI005-065----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a 16th/17th century house in the townland of Singland has not been located. The building was located to the N of Ireton's Fort (LI005-028-/113----) and S of Reboge Castle (LI005-024----). Listed by Lenihan (1866, 749) as 'The Ruined House of Singland' and described as following; 'Neither the father nor grandfathers of the present generation have been able to learn when this house was built. It was evidently standing at the time of the Siege [1691], being exactly delineated in Story's map, published two years after the Siege'. The ruins of a single storey house annotated 'A ruin'd house an Orchard' is depicted on Story's map of the Williamite Siege of Limerick (Westropp 1916).
See attached drawing of house ruins taken from Story's map.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 24 June 2020
References
Westropp, T.J. 1916 The antiquities of Limerick and its neighbourhood, Antiquarian Handbook Series 7, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.
Story, G. 1693 An impartial history of the wars of Ireland, with a continuation thereof. London. Chiswell.
Lenihan, M. 1866 Limerick: its history and antiquities.