Plaque, Keyset's Lane

The text is bi-lingual, Irish and English, the latter includes the following, "The lane Keyset's Lane appears in the Norse towns of Wexford, Waterford and Dublin. In 1575, Holinshed's Dublin Chronicles is found speculating as to its long forgotten origin. These Keyser streets ran down steeply to the Norse waterfront. The name in saga Norse appears to mean 'The ship of the ship wharfs'" Pictured here T0421 : Keyset's Lane, Wexford

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