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House, 18th/19th century

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In Kenmare, c. 100m W of Henry Street and c. 200m E of the Finnihy River. The house is of 18th-century appearance although parts of it may be earlier in date. The one-storey entrance front (N-facing) is of six bays and has a two-storey gabled projection at an obtuse angle to its E end. A walled garden with bee boles…

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In Kenmare, c. 100m W of Henry Street and c. 200m E of the Finnihy River. The house is of 18th-century appearance although parts of it may be earlier in date. The one-storey entrance front (N-facing) is of six bays and has a two-storey gabled projection at an obtuse angle to its E end. A walled garden with bee boles lies to the E and there is an ice house to the N. A large covered well, said by locals to be medieval, is to the E in the garden of a bungalow. The house is named 'Monastery' on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. According to local information, there was a monastic community living here although there is some confusion as to whether this was in the medieval period or in more recent centuries.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE093-061008

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  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • dalvenjah on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenmare Shamrocks GAA official club website; individual aerial photographer not named, kenmaregaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ru
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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