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What is recorded here

Gateway, extant 1839, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of limestone ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting wrought iron double gates with limestone ashlar outer piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice capping supporting wrought iron gates. Now disused. Set at entrance to grounds of Snowhill House.

A gateway forming part of a self-contained group alongside an adjacent gate lodge (see 12404404) with the resulting ensemble surviving as an interesting relic of the Snowhill House estate following the demolition (1955) of the eponymous country house occupied by generations of the O'Neill Powers including David O'Neill Power (d. 1863) 'late of Snowhill in the County of Kilkenny' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1893, 60); Nicholas O'Neill Power (d. 1873) 'late of Snow Hill County Kilkenny' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1874, 542); Joseph O'Neill Power (d. 1897) 'late of Power Hall Snow Hill County Kilkenny' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1898, 409); and Captain John Joseph O'Neill Power (----).

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