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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