Memorial stone in Athy

Affixed to the S wall, and to the E of the original doorway of The White Castle (KD035-022010-). An almost square stone (H 0.43m; Wth 0.48m) bearing a Latin inscription in Roman lettering in false relief. It translates as follows: ‘Richard Cossen, provost of the town of Athy, placed this stone the twenty seventh of the month of June A.D. 1575, and in the seventeenth year of Queen Elizabeth’s reign. Molhen O’Kelly’. A manuscript presented to the Duke of Leinster in 1857 states that this stone was found c. 1770-80 in the old mill attached to the castle. There is an armorial stone (KD035-022024-) on the other side of the doorway. (Bradley et al. 1986a, vol. 1, 47). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 11 December 2013