Inauguration site in Carrickobreen, County Westmeath

What is recorded here

Situated on low-lying pasture, on the edge of the floodplain of the River Shannon. An enclosure (WM029-032----) lies close to SE. Monument described in 1973 as a large, roughly circular-shaped, flat-topped rock which lies on the E bank of the River Shannon. According to English (1945, 2), this was an inauguration place of the local O’Breen [O'Bryan/O'Brien] chieftains. The monument is also known locally as O’Brien’s Rock.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM029-032001

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives: Recorded monument

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Pat Byrne, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
Nigel Thompson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sgbrito at Portuguese Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Christophe Krief, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Peter Gerken, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Engraving by Johannes Tangena. Leyden: Johannes Tangena, Print en Bockverkooper 1691., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0