Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mausoleum
Farnbeg, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farnbeg
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ruin
- Latest-edition OS map
- Mausoleum
- Coordinates
- 53.77521, -8.09934
- SMR number
- RO029-024001-
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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
On a level landscape c. 220m SSW of Strokestown House (RO029-025002*) and within the demesne. This was built by Nicholas Mahon c. 1667 (Hayward 1955, 204). It is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 13.4m E-W; 7.95m N-S) constructed of masonry walls which are almost complete (H 2.7m; T 0.8m) and have roughly dressed quoins. There is an inserted twin-light pointed window (H 2.3m; Wth 0.9m) with chamfered surrounds in the E gable. The locked door, flanked by two plain shields, is at the W end of the S wall, and the interior contains a large hexagonal tomb or mausoleum, and a wall memorial (RO029-024002-) against the N end of the E wall. This is the tomb of Nicholas Mahon and his wife Magdalene (nee French) who died in 1680 and 1683 respectively, according to the inscription.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 8 December 2011
References
Hayward, R. 1955 This is Ireland, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. London. Arthur Barker.
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.