Overview
Gloster — Glasderry More is recorded as House — 17th century in Offaly. A 17th-century two storey 13 bay house enlarged and remodelled in the 18th-century. The front consists of a 9 bay 17th-century centre with later 18th-century two storey two bay wings.
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: Gloster house within the townland of Glaster (OF029-022----) may have been a 17th centuryhouse (Loeber 1988, vol.
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: 03E0800 of the partial demolition and reconstruction works at Gloster House, a protected structure under the County Development plan for Co. Offaly, is ongoing.
What was found
The saved account records: The excavations uncovered the remains of a mid- to dark-brown clay floor with occasional animal bone.
Why it ended
The saved account records: A 17th-century two storey 13 bay house enlarged and remodelled in the 18th-century.
Why it mattered
Gloster — Glasderry More matters because the source ties house — 17th century to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The front consists of a 9 bay 17th-century centre with later 18th-century two storey two bay wings.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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