What is recorded here

Fineen FitzPatrick built the castle at Lisdoonvarna in 1619 and Denis Cloche cut the stone that proved it. The plaque left Lisdoonvarna and reappeared in a boundary wall on Bogbere Street, Ennistymon, carrying its false-relief gothic letters across the county. A man may have read that name on a crowded street, wondering which Cloche chiselled for a FitzPatrick before the castle vanished from memory.

A plaque recording the erection of the ‘castle’ (CL008-050001-) at Lisdoonvarna in 1619 by Fineen FitzPatrick was formerly built into a building near the site of the castle (CL008-050004-). 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. 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

The inscribed stone likely dates to the early 17th century and was originally part of a structure associated with the FitzPatrick family. Its inscription reflects historical land ownership and may have had a commemorative or territorial significance.

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