Narraghmore

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort and enclosure sites in the townlands of Narraghmore, Narraghmore Demesne and Lipstown. The Church of the Holy Saviour, a Church of Ireland chapel, was built between 1860 and 1863 as a private/estate chapel in Narraghmore Demesne. Located on the site of an earlier church, some of the works on the church are attributed to the architect Robert Jewell Withers. The former courthouse and post office in Narraghmore village, now a private house, dates from and may have been built to replace an earlier structure that was burned during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. A number of actions, between the rebel United Irishmen and loyalist yeomanry and British Army, occurred in the Narraghmore area during the 1798 Rebellion. For example, during a rebel assault on Narraghmore's courthouse on 24 May 1798, three loyalists were killed and six were captured. In subsequent engagements in the area, including an assault involving several thousand rebels, seven loyalist troops and around 200 rebels were killed. A number of the Narraghmore yeomanry, who had sided and fought with the rebels, were killed. In nearby Dunlavin, suspected United Irish prisoners were executed, including nine yeomen from Narraghmore. home of Colonel Maurice Keatinge at Narraghmore.

Most-observed species

• Indian Balsam

  Impatiens glandulifera Royle · Magnoliopsida
  2,415
• Common Carder Bee

  Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli, 1763) · Insecta
  613
• White-tailed Bumble Bee

  Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) · Insecta
  500
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  401
• Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee

  Bombus lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  352
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  289
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  286
• Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

  Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  281

Most recent

• M 3.2 — 2005-12-14
  27 km E of Wicklow, Ireland