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Pass House

House, 16th/17th century

What is recorded here

Not marked as an antiquity on the 1841 or 1909 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The house was built in Cromwellian times (Dooley n.d., 61). In undulating countryside. A two storey high rectangular-shaped house with attic (L c. 21.2m, Wth c. 10m, wall T c.1.4m). Two bay windows have replaced older windows in the front of the house. Still occupied.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA018-016

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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