Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Glass works
Clonbrone (ballybrit By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonbrone (ballybrit By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- OF035-030----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated 17th centuryglassworks within the townland of Clonbrone that was operated by the Bigoe family and from which the best houses in Dublin were supplied with vessel and window glass (Cooke 1875, 41-3; Loeber 1988, vol. 2, 41).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
References
Cooke, T.L. 1875 The early history of the town of Birr. Dublin. Robertson.
Loeber, R. 1988 Field notes and references for Co. Offaly Sites. Vol. I-V. Unpublished.