House — 16th/17th century in Killinaboy

Situated in the NW corner of a bawn (CL017-056----). Depicted as a small square structure on the first edition (1842) of the OS 6-inch map. This poorly preserved rectangular building (int. Wth c. 5.6m E-W; traceable L c. 7.5m N-S) is defined along the W and N by the bawn walls, into which the building appears to have been bonded, but only the bases of the internal E wall (Wth 0.7m) and the S wall (Wth 0.9m) survive. A platform (13m N-S) abutting the S wall, obscures this end of the structure, which may have continued further S. (A partly dotted line on the OS 25-inch plan (1897) indicates a narrow rectangular structure possibly running inside the full length (c. 25m) of the W bawn wall.) The pitch of the N gable is visible rising above the ivy-covered N bawn wall and suggests the house may only have been only been of one storey. There is also a large fireplace in the N wall, with a putlog to its E and a cupboard just to the W (described by Ua Cróinín and Breen (1997) as a loop in a splayed embrasure). In the W wall are two cupboards; one at the N end (Wth at base 0.85m; Wth at top 0.45m: H 1.07m) and a second towards the S end.   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott   Date of upload: 9-10-2025