![Tigh an Rí [The King's House]](https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/building-images-iiif/niah/images/survey_specific/original/21305106_1.jpg)
What is recorded here
Detached single-bay single-storey former house, built c. 1895, originally part of larger composition, possibly three-bay. Former home of Pádraig Ó Cátháin, 'King of The Blaskets'. Truncated, c. 1960, to accommodate use as outbuilding. Pitched tarred canvas sheeting to roof with cement gable parapet to south end. Random coursed rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with stone lintels and replacement timber-framed casement window. Replacement matchboard door. Overgrown site without landscaping. Remains of continuation of original composition to south-west.
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
Places near here
Tigh Muirs Ó Suilleabháin [Maurice O'Sullivan's House]house · 64 yd
Old TownRuins · 96 yd
TobernacrushaHoly well · 307 yd
Oileán na nÓgIslet · 1.1 mi
Dunmore HeadViewpoint · 1.4 mi
An Blascaod MórIsland · 1.6 mi
An Mullach RamharMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Mionnán an DúnaHeadland · 1.8 mi
Traigh an ChomaBeach / strand · 2.1 mi
An Cró MórMountain / peak · 2.3 miOther information
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