Haggardstown Church
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Site 1
The Round Tower at Monasterboice.
Of course this is very recognisable. You might like to view the video from National Monuments:
This house is situated at Braganstown very close to the railway bridge crossing the main Dublin Belfast line.
Perhaps in 1911 (Census) it may have been the home of George & Margaret Faulkiner, a dairy family. Patrick Feehan a widower lived in a large house. Thanks to Olive for this.
Here is the Google Maps link:
Site 3
(The Society member is Johnny Gallagher on a visit to Donaghmore Souterrain)
see:
An article about the souterrain can be found in the 1959 Journal.
Site 4
Eden View House, Stameen, now Drogheda Grammar School
Some details on the house appear in the book published last year, to mark 350 years of Drogheda Grammar, edited by John McCullen. John
Chadwick from Lancashire married in 1803 Fanny Drumgoole. The family ran a
linen factory in Drogheda. Their son, John Francis Chadwick built the house in
Stameen (Eden View). His brother, James Chadwick (b. 1813) became bishop of
Hexham and Newcastle. Several photographs from the Chadwick Papers are
included. The nineteenth-century drawing, that features the house, shows the
Chadwick crest, a martlet, on the porch. The house was sold in 1899 to the
Tighe family, who resided there until it was purchased by the Grammar School in 1968.
The Stables at Rokeby
Taken during one of the Society's visits.
see
https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13901802/rokeby-hall-rokeby-county-louth
Rockeby Hall is a fine, handsomely proportioned house that was built originally for Richard Robinson, Archbishop of Armagh. Initially designed by Thomas Cooley, he was succeeded by Francis Johnson following his death in 1784. The elegant, simple, consistent design to the windows and walling, with beautiful detailing reserved for the elaborate pedimented breakfront with handsomely carved Ionic pilasters and volutes, is a testament to the architect and the skilled craftsmen of the Georgian era. Artistic significance is evident in the structure when one considers the elaborate Victorian glass house with fine detailing to the antefixa and panelling. The retention of the entrance gates and stable complex form part of the original site context for Rokeby Hall Demesne and create a group of structures hugely significant to the architectural heritage of County Louth.
Site 6
Dellin near Darver/Dromiskin
Sir Gordon Holmes, born in Dellin, the neurologist was its
most famous resident, son of Gordon Holmes and Catherine Jane Thomasina Morgan who
were married in 1875. She was daughter of John Morgan, Deacon. Catherine died
in 1886 aged 42 years. In 1823 a pew was assigned in Dromiskin to James Morgan of Dellin. Gordon Holmes, Senior, was the son of Gordon Holmes, Inspector in
R.I.C. Dellin was a Fortescue house prior to Stephenstown, after that it was
leased by the Morgans who subsequently bought it.
(thanks to Conor Kenny for the photo and information)
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Site 7
Castletown Railway Bridge, Dundalk, (thanks to Sandra Fee for the photo)
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Dundalk Junction was opened in 1849. By 1852 Drogheda and Dundalk were linked to Portadown but the Boyne was not crossed by viaduct until 1855.
Site 8
Richardstown Church
Richardstown Chapel and graveyard adjoin Richardstown Castle.
Later in the 14th century the Chapel became part of what was the Priory of St. John in Ardee. Richardstown Church was dedicated to St. George the White, and was one of the eight chapels belonging to the Prior and Hospital of St. John of Ardee.
It was granted on the dissolution of the monasteries, with the other lands and tithes of the Ardee Hospital, to the Moore family ancestors of the Marquis of Drogheda.
About this time Stabannon seems to have been episcopally united with Richardstown Parish, which had been served by a Curate, Robert Goodlad, in 1622 [" Robert Harper " in another copy of the Royal Visitation], who was succeeded by Roger Briscoe as Curate in 1622. Richardstown parish remained united to Stabannon until 1883. The parton saint of the Chapel was St. George of White.
[Leslie's History of Kilsaran]
Site 9
Newry Street, Carlingford
The medieval carving of a stone head is on what is suggested a sixteenth-century house, the remains that still stand. The stone is known locally as 'De Gaule'
See the Royal Irish Academy: Dictionary of Irish Biography, based on Fr Quinn's 1941 obituary.
Site 10
Mount Pleasnt, now Mount Oliver, Ballymascanlan
The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster by Christine Casey and Alister Rowan, 1993
Mellifont Gate House
Stout, Loeber and O'Brien page 195.
Kevin O'Brien and Geraldine Stout led a Society outing to Mellifont, their article details the architecture and history.
Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth: a study of its post-dissolution architecture 1540–1727
Geraldine Stout, Rolf Loeber and Kevin O'Brien
Source: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History,
Literature , Vol. 116C (2016), pp. 191-226
Dundalk, this gate lodge no longer stands. It appeared in an 1883 edition of The Architect
J.A.K. (Dixie) Dean has published a series of books on the gate lodges in the provinces.
Site 13
(Thanks to Marie MacSweeney for pointing the exact location, where we could 'drive' on Googlemaps!)
It is on Shop Street on the same side as the Augustinian Church and just across from Dyer Street,
Site 14
Rockmarshall, single court burial tomb.
In the 2001 Heritage Guide of Cooley, Gabriel Cooney notes the mesolithic activity at Rockmarshall.
Site 15
Walshestown, Clogherhead, At the rear of the church as Casey notes is a nice echo of rural Ireland, where the stile leads to a masspath through the fields. The Church of St Peter and St Paul was completed in 1837.
Site 16
Allardstown, Dovecot
Dovecot A structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be square or circular
free-standing structures or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally
contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. Pigeons and doves were an important food source
historically in Western Europe and were kept for their eggs, flesh, and dung (fertiliser). Does anyone know how many dovecots or pigeon houses there are in Co Louth, there's a nice article for someone to work on ...
It was built by Henry Byrne in 1790
Site 17
Rathdrummin, Glebe House, a three-bay , two-storey house with a big central chimneystack built in 1810. (Casey and Rowan page 207. Across the road from Rathdrummin Church Tower.
(Thanks to Conor Kenny for the photo)
Site 18
Dromin Motte
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Site 19
Windmill, Dundalk
Windmill stands seven stories high and
overlooks Seatown towards the east end of the town. It was once reputed to be
the tallest windmill in Ireland.
According to some records it has not been in use since about 1855. The wooden
sails were taken down in 1870 because of their dangerous conditions.
See also:
(Thanks to Sandra Fee for the photo)
Site 20
Annagassan Lime Kiln is near the mill which were both likely associated.
Patrick J. Campbell in his 1978 article in Seanchas Ard Mhacha page 140
This marks part of the town wall of Drogheda on Jim Garry Way, between Francis Street (the street perpendicular at the stop sign) and Palace Street.
Jim Garry Way facing Palace Street
Tom Reilly took the Society on a walking Tour of the sites of the Town Walls in September 2015
see:
Site 22
Piedmont House (Mount Bagenal) in Cooley
It was owned by the Townley family and later the Townley Balfour family. Members of the Cassidy family lived in the house around the turn of the century and appear in the census 1901 and 1911.
Charlestown Croosroads:
There was a blacksmith's forge at Charlestown Cross, the ruins of which can still be seen at the north-west side of the cross. According to Ann Flynn, “In the census of 1901 a blacksmith named James O'Hara was recorded as living in Charlestown. He was also the local matchmaker”. Later blacksmiths included Patrick McGawley, Mick Crawley and Patsy Gibney before the forge fell into disuse in the 1950s.
Thanks to Daithí Kearney and Adèle Commins for this, further detail on Charlestown is on their video.
please see:
Site of Ardee Train Station, (not sure if the link works now?) see:
Site 25
Drumgoolestown mills and estate:
The Poe received lands at Drumgoolestown under the Act of Settlement. in 1708 there is a deed from Samuel Poe to Hamilton Townley and Richard Tisdall
See Murray in 1932 Journal, page 490
Leslie's History of Kilsaran page 116.
Leslie page 128-9
Don Johnston 2015 article page 396
James & Robert Crawley and Joseph Crawley are listed in the Tithe Applotments.
Griffith's Valuation
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