Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque
Ballygarth, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygarth
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.67277, -6.26705
- SMR number
- ME028-003002-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Inside Ballygarth church (ME028-003----) a small stone (dims c. 0.6m x c. 0.3m) has a shield bearing three diamonds in false relief, which is the crest of the Gifford family. The initials S.R., IHS and N above the shield and the date 1602 below it are also carved in in false relief.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 22 December, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.