What is recorded here
Situated on the shoulder of a SE-facing slope at the S end of a low NW-SE spur overlooking Lough Ree, which is c. 300m to the E. Sir Francis Shaen O'Farrell from Longford received a land grant in the late 16th century and a house was built by Sir Arthur Shane in the 1600s. In 1730, when the O'Farrell male line was…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO046-006
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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