Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Kilmeadan, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmeadan
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24758, -7.23196
- SMR number
- WA008-049001-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the W bank of the River Suir, which flows NW-SE c. 15m to the E. The castle, overlooking the Suir, is located at the E end of a roughly rectangular area (dims. c. 200m NE-SW; c. 110m NW-SE) which contains earthworks (WA008-049002-) which are likely to be associated with the castle and subsequent 17th house. The manor of Kilmeadan was the property of John Fitzthomas Fitzgerald in 1282. By the early 14th century it had passed into Le Poer hands, and John, the son of Benedict le Poer was styled Lord of Rathgormuck and Kilmeadan in 1328. Le Poer continued to be so styled into the fifteenth century. In the Civil Survey (Simington 1942, 138) Kilmeadan is a manor owned by John Power of Dunhill (WA025-045001-) in 1640.
The ‘Castle’ indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map are the remains a large stone house (WA008-049----), dating to the early/mid-17th century which was reputedly built on the site of an earlier castle. The earlier castle is not visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 1 November 2022
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1942 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol VI: county of Waterford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.