Rush Hall Farm, inn in County Laois

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What is recorded here

Marked as 'Rush Hall Inn' on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 183) as having, 'projecting chimneys; it had, too, the lozenge-shaped chimney stacks, but only in single rows, till 1896. It is traditionally said to have been erected to accommodate the men employed in building [Rush Hall] Court [LA016-026----]. As far as anyone remembers it was always, as its name implies, a public Inn, till about 1860'. This detached two-storey five-bay house dates to the seventeenth century with later modifications. It has heavy projecting chimney stacks at both gable ends. Date of revised upload: 4 March 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA016-025002

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