County: Limerick Site name: ABBEY OWNEY, Abington
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 014:01412 Licence number: —
Author: Celie O Rahilly, c/o Planning Dept, Limerick Corporation
Site type: House - 16th century
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 571356m, N 653644m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.633263, -8.423140
Two cuts were opened by machine in the field immediately north of the modern graveyard extension wall. Both yielded deposits of an archaeological nature, and 17th-century sherds. In Cut 1, a Charles II copper farthing (1672-9), was recovered. The cuts were located on 2 of 3 ridges aligned north-south and it is possible that these may have been the site of the house built by the Walsh family who acquired the lease on the Abbey lands in 1562. (Limerick the Rich Land, Spellissy and O'Brien, p 136).
