What is recorded here

Longford town once held a market cross where an O'Farrell nailed a government proclamation during the 1641 Rebellion. The act turned a common town fixture into a witness of sudden political change. The cross no longer has an identified location, but it still frames the moment when ordinary public space became entangled in rebellion.

In Longford town (LF013-026----). At the outbreak of the 1641 Rebellion one of the O'Farrell's nailed a government proclamation to the market cross (Gillespie 2005, 106). This event is described in the 1641 depositions where it is recorded that he 'did affix one of the said Proclamacions or coppies to the Crosse in the Towne of longford' (TCD, MS 817, fol. 235v). Its precise location has not been identified. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 31 July 2013

The market cross in Abbeycartron, Longford town, was likely erected in the early 17th century as a civic and religious landmark; it is associated with the 1641 Rebellion when a government proclamation was nailed to it by the O'Farrell family, highlighting its role as a public and political focal point.

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