What is recorded here

Fineen FitzPatrick ordered the stone in 1619, and Denis Cloche cut the false relief letters that still claim the castle’s birth. The plaque left Lisdoonvarna during the twentieth century and now sits in an Ennistymon wall, pulling a lost local landmark across the county. Its gothic marks remain sharp enough to suggest a mason’s pride, even when the castle itself has faded from memory.

A plaque recording the erection of the ‘castle’ at Lisdoonvarna in 1619 by Fineen FitzPatrick was formerly built into a building near the site of the castle (CL008-050001-). It was moved in the 20th century to Ennistymon where it has been set into a boundary wall on the W side of Bogbere Street (CL015-143----). The inscription reads: FININFICTE PATRICKE. ME FECIT. 1619 DENIS. CLOCHE which may be translated as Fineen FitzPatrick had me made 1619. Denis Cloche which is almost certainly the ancient form of the surname ‘Clohessy’. The letters are false relief in a script of late gothic character that was used by masons well into the 17th century. Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 2 April 2014

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