Inscribed stone in Ballymacane, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

There is an inscribed stone (dims 0.56m x 0.53m; T 0.3m) preserved at the site of Ballymacane castle (WX053-005001-) bearing the date 1612 and initials IS, DS and RS, which refer to John, Dionysius and Richard Stafford.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX053-005002

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