Inn in Westown, County Dublin

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Rectangular building annotated 'Hall' on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map appears to be the same structure that is depicted on Rocque's 1760 map of County Dublin and this building may have been the original 'Naul Inn'. The 1641 Deposition of Katherine Magee of Newtown recorded that on of the rebels included 'farmor Peeter Cruse of the Naall in the said Countie of Dublin gent Christofer Cruse of the same Inkeeper' (Clarke 2017, 283). A notice from the Dublin Evening Post dated Thursday 27 September 1787 recorded that 'John Tiernan, proprietor of the Naul Inn, respectfully thanks his Friends and the Public for past favours, begs leave to acquaint Gentlemen who travel the North roads, that the Naul-road (turnpike free) is now in thorough repair, that he has fitted up his House and Stables in the best manner, and will always be provided with good accomodation'. The 'Hall' is aligned on an E-W axis with the gable end facing onto the present road which leads from the village of Naul to the town of Drogheda. Attached to the N side of this building is a public house which is aligned on a N-S axis. Present remains consist of a two-storey stone-building with a gabled and slated roof. The latter was reconstructed and gables raised to give a Dutch Billy effect in the 1940s. A chimney projects outwards mid-way along the lateral N wall of the building. Formerly served as an inn (Vernacular Building Survey County Dublin 1993). The irregular layout of the two buildings the tall projecting chimney stack suggests this is a multi-period structure that may date from the late 17th or early 18th century with later alterations. See attached Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin See attached drawing (DU004-042000-_02) of Naul Castle and possibly Naul Inn with tall chimney stack on the lateral wall of the building with a rounded gable facing onto the road dated 1825 by James D. Harding based on sketches by Robert O'Callaghan Newenham. Clarke, A. 2017 1641 Depositions, Volume IV, Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Newenham, R. 1830 Picturesque views of the Antiquities of Ireland. Vol.1. London. T. and W. Boone.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU004-042

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