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On the E side of St Anne's graveyard (CO074-03301-) in Shandon; Skiddy's Almshouse, built in 1718-19 on the N side of Green Coat Hospital (C-shaped 3-storey building demolished in 1955, see photo in Craig 1982, 205). It is named after Stephen Skiddy, a wealthy Cork-born wine merchant who in 1584 set up a charity to…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO074-105
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Robin Webster, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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