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Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ as two stylised buildings, in a townland annotated as, 'New Park church land' and on the parish map of ‘The Parrish of St. Johns in the Liberties of Kilkenny’ two buildings, one definitely a house, are indicated (Hibernia…

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Indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ as two stylised buildings, in a townland annotated as, 'New Park church land' and on the parish map of ‘The Parrish of St. Johns in the Liberties of Kilkenny’ two buildings, one definitely a house, are indicated (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). The 17th-century townland accords well with Newpark Upper townland. The precise location of these 17th-century buildings within the townland is unknown. See attached: KK019-060----_01 extract from the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of ‘The Liberties of the Citty of Kilkenny’ KK019-060----_02 extract from the Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of ‘The Parrish of St. Johns in the Liberties of Kilkenny’ Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 October 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK019-060

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  • Adrian Taylor, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.kilkennycastle.ie
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