Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque
Ballinvirick, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballinvirick
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.57252, -8.89897
- SMR number
- LI020-179----
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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 armorial plaque was reported to ASI by Tom Cassidy, Conservation Officer with Limerick County Council on 27th September 2012. It is in the kitchen of Ballinvirick House, Co. Limerick. The arms are probably those of Sir Francis Berkeley who was granted nearby Askeaton Castle (LI011-092003-) in the Munster Plantation and was besieged there in 1598 (see Westropp, T.J. (1902) 'Sir Francis Berkeley of Askeaton' in Journal of Limerick Field Club 2, 118-132). This stone may have been the centre-piece of a fireplace mantle, probably in Askeaton Castle though there is no evidence for this.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.