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House - 18th/19th century

Milltown (Castlereagh By., Castleteheen ED), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - 18th/19th century, Milltown, County Roscommon, 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
Milltown (Castlereagh By., Castleteheen ED)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Milltown Ho.
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.74109, -8.33976
SMR number
RO027-087----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the crest of a NW-SE ridge, and at the S end of the roadway (RO027-041----) which extends N to Castleplunket village. Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as Milltown House, and known locally as the site of a castle owned by the O'Conors. The house was built in the mid-18th Century by Thomas O'Conor, the great great grandfather of Roderic O'Conor (1860 - 1940), the artist. It is now a quarry. (Gormley 1989, 147)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Gormley, M. (compiler) 1989 Tulsk parish in historic Maigh Aí. Aspects of its history and folklore. Author

Nearby in the register

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

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