Building in Collegeland, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

In the grounds of St Patricks College, Maynooth. The site of the Earl of Kildare's Council House which formed part of the Maynooth castle (KD005-015----) complex and which was demolished c. 1780, according to the Fourth Duke of Leinster (1891-5, 321). A nearby 18th century Church of Ireland schoolhouse contains architectural features (KD005-014----) including a medieval doorway and twin-light window which reputedly came from the Council House.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD005-013

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, irlandnews.com
Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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