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Balingarrane House — Ballingarrane

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Black marble fireplace (Wth 2.12m; H 1.83m), the opening (Wth 1.2m; H 0.93m) of which is now blocked. There is a white marble coat of arms of the Watson family in the centre with a chevron engrailed between 3 birds, two and one. Latin inscription MEA GLORIA FIDES. Craig and Garner (1975, 75) describe it as "a magnificant early-18th century chimney-piece of Kilkenny marble, with white marble rosettes and the Watson coat of arms in a white marble oval in the centre. It is unlikely that the chimney-piece was built for an earlier house on the same site, but more possibly for Clonbrogan q.v. which was built by the Watson family in the early 17th century". Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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