What is recorded here

Though not indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) maps, the terrier accompanying the parish map of Killerney (NLI MS720) describes, ‘at Bennettsbridge…one good stone house built by Collonell Daniell Axtell’. ‘S[i]r Edw[ard] Blanchvill’ is listed as the proprietor of Bennettsbridge in 1640 (ibid.). The precise location of the house in Bennettsbridge townland is unknown. See attached: KK024-106004-_01 Extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of Killerney, in the barony of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny (NLI MS720) KK024-106004-_01 Extract from Down Survey (1655-6) parish map of Killerney, in the barony of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny (NLI MS720) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 October 2021

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