What is recorded here

Almshouse in Fethard is an almshouse in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland. A 1708 map by Redmond Grace identified three town almhouses connected with the medieval parish church, including a poor house on the main street and a widows house beside the town wall. Its third entry, a poorhouse in the church yard, has no visible point on that map or the later 1752 maps, leaving it unlocated within the graveyard.

A map of Fethard by Redmond Grace (O’Keeffe 2003, map 5), dating from 1708, provides a key which identifies three almhouses in the town associated with the medieval parish church (TS070-040001-). This includes, 'The poor house' indicated as the large building (TS070-040003-) on the main street, 'The widows house on the town wall near the church' indicated as the building (TS070-040011-) immediately S of the town wall and 'The poorhouse in the church yard' which, though numbered, is not indicated on the map. No other source refers to an almshouse within the church/graveyard (TS070-040031-). O'Reilly (2007, 234) speculates that this may have been the Hospital of the Holy Trinity referred to in the Irish patent rolls of James I (dating to 1611) as having a charter, though this could also refer to the almshouse on the main street which backs onto the church yard. The third almshouse is not indicated on the later 1752 maps of the town. It is unlocated within the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 4 March 2015

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