What is recorded here

Mondrehid House in County Laois still holds a stone torn from Cloncourse Castle, marking the year 1636 when the O'Duigin's built that lost castle. The slab carries I.H.S. and I.N.R.I. beside JOHN, a strange mixture of divine letters and human pride. It is not a tomb for a named king or a boundary for a forgotten county. It is a building stone, pulled into a garden and kept visible because somebody wanted the maker's name to survive the ruin.

Cloncourse castle (LA015-021) was built by the O'Duigin's in 1636 according to its datestone now at Mondrehid House which was built near the site of Mondrehid Castle (LA016-019). This slab was taken from Cloncourse Castle (LA015-021) and taken to the garden of Mondrehid House, the datestone has the inscription which reads 'I.H.S. 1636 I.N.R.I. JOHN." (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 134)

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