What is recorded here

Staplestown in County Carlow lost its medieval village to time, yet Thomas Dineley captured what remained in 1680. That rare drawing preserves a community most Irish settlements lost without witness. The ground still holds its shape beneath grass and field, waiting for someone to imagine the lives that vanished there.

The Borough of Dunleckny was established before 1207 and appears to have been abandoned in the fourteenth century (Bradley and King 1989, 20). Present remains consist of a large oval mound (CW016-085001-) and church (CW016-085002-) which was granted to the nunnery of Graney in Kildare in 1207. Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011

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