Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Killybegs, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killybegs
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX003-036----
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The National Monuments Service's description
William Doyle of Fortchester (WX003-019----) mortgaged land at Killybegs to Thomas Wakefield, mayor of Dublin, and a man called Plunkett. After the 1641 rebelliion, Wakefied claimed he had spent £200 in building work there, employing the bricklayer Peter Harrison (Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber 1987, 199). Any building remains unlocated.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 14 February, 2012
References
Loeber, R. and Stouthamer-Loeber, M. 1987 The lost architecture of the Wexford Plantation. In K. Whelan and W. Nolan (eds), Wexford: history and society, 173-200. Dublin. Geography Publications.