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Fulacht fia

Maddyboy, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Maddyboy, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Maddyboy
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.63838, -8.43585
SMR number
LI014-127----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In woodland on the W bank of Rose Brook, Maddyboy House 200m to SW. Site identified by Conor Dinneen but no descriptive information about the fulacht fia in the SMR File. Not depicted on the OS maps. Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018 shows the are now covered with modern forestry plantation.

Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick

Date upload: 7 July 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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