S5055 : Plaque, Shee Alms House

taken 11 years ago, near to Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland

Plaque, Shee Alms House
Plaque, Shee Alms House
The bi-lingual description is in Irish and Englise, the text of the latter being noted here:

"THIS ALMSHOUSE WAS BUILT BY SIR RICHARD SHEE IN 1581 FOR THE POOR OF KILKENNY, AND WAS ENDOWED BY HIS LAST WILL, DATED 1603. HIS SON LUCAS SHEE OBTAINED A ROYAL CHARTER FOR THE ALMSHOUSE IN 1609. THE HOUSE WAS USED FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF POOR PERSONS UNTIL EARLY IN THE 19™ CENTURY, WHEN IT FELL INTO RUIN. IT WAS RESTORED AND RENOVATED ABOUT 1871 BY SIR NICHOLAS POWER O'SHEE OF GARDENMORRIS,CO.WATERFORD, A DESCENDANT OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER."

Pictured here S5055 : Shee Alms House, Kilkenny
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Date Taken
Friday, 6 September, 2013   (more nearby)
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Friday, 13 September, 2013
Geographical Context
Historic sites and artefacts 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! S 507 557 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:39.0825N 7:15.0838W
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Irish: geotagged! S 507 557
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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