Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leper hospital
Barrysfarm, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barrysfarm
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- LI032-147006-
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of a leper hospital founded in the village of Hospital in 1467 has not been identified (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 351). According to Lee (1966, 22) the town of Hospital 'owes its name to the presence there of a leper hospital founded in 1215 by Geoffrey de Marisco who introduced a commandery of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem (LI032-147002-) to the town.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 4 March 2020
References
Lee, G.A. 1966 The leper hospitals of Munster. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 10, 12-26.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.