Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Market-house
Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tallow
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.09362, -8.00686
- SMR number
- WA028-015004-
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5 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)
- 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the floor of the W-E Bride river valley, c. 1km S of the river. Sir Richard Boyle, the first Earl of Cork, developed Tallow, which was incorporated as a borough in 1613. According to a contemporary document he built a market-house, which may have incorporated the courthouse and prison that the same document also ascribes to him (Ryland 1824, 342). The market house and jail are also ascribed to the Earl by Smith (1746, 40), and the market house is marked in the centre of Convent St. opposite West St. on a map by Richard Scalé (NLI: ms. 7218, 1), dated 1774. Archaeological monitoring (08N0240) of the route of a sewage pipe uncovered part of the W wall of the building in the Square (McCarthy 2008).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 23 February, 2012
References
Smith, C. 1746 The history of the town and county of Waterford. W. Wilson. Dublin.
McCarthy, M. 2008 Waterford grouped towns and villages sewerage scheme. Contract no. 7 – Tallow town. Unpublished report. Author.
Ryland, Rev. R.H. 1824 The history, topography and antiquities of the city and county of Waterford. London. John Murray.
Nearby in the register
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Sheela-na-gigunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.