What is recorded here
Recorded by Thomas Dineley in 1681 as a ‘neat box belonging to Mr Abraham Vanhogarden, who built it.’ (Shirley et al. 1864-7, 188). In 1620, it was ‘included in the Earl of Thomond's patent. Isaack Vanhogarden was placed here at the Cromwellian Settlement, but at the Restoration, the Earl of Thomond leased the lands…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL066-050
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- Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.in
- Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Matteo.mazza.91, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Warren Buckley, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John Morton from Adelaide, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Dmitrij Rodionov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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