Image: Dunkerron Castle - Plaque Inscription of 1596 - Copy by Friar O Sullivan as pub in JCHAS Vol IV 1898

Description: Copy of inscription stone from Dunkerron Castle, County Kerry, Ireland. Text reads: IHS. Maria Deo Gratias. This work was made 11th April, 1596, by Owen O'Sullivan and Sily [Giles] Nig [h] Donogh MacCarthy Reagh This copy of the inscription was published in 1898 in Volume IV of the Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society (JCHAS). The article in which this image/copy appeared was titled "Ancient History of the Kingdom of Kerry" and attributed to Friar O'Sullivan of Muckross Abbey. The article stated that the inscription was found "over the fireplace" at Dunkerron Castle. A later errata addition to the JCHAS publication noted that the Editor of the Ulster Journal of Archæology had advised that the original inscription stone and coat of arms were to be found over a well within the castle demesne.
Title: Dunkerron Castle - Plaque Inscription of 1596 - Copy by Friar O Sullivan as pub in JCHAS Vol IV 1898
Credit: Friar O'Sullivan (Muckross Abbey) (1898). "Ancient History of the Kingdom of Kerry" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society. IV (40): 260. ISSN 0010-8731 also republished here
Author: Friar O'Sullivan
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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