Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Leper hospital
Erenagh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Erenagh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- RO036-052----
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The National Monuments Service's description
A leper hospital is recorded as existing at Port Airenach near Cluntuskert in 1608. Its precise location is unknown. (Lee 1974-5, 227; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 355)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Lee, G.A. 1974-5 The leper hospitals of the upper Shannon area. Journal of the Old Athlone Society 1 (4), 222-9.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
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