Plaque, Rothe House, Kilkenny

The following text is included in the description, "BUILT IN 1594 BY JOHN ROTHE, MEMBER OF A FAMILY PROMINENT IN THE CIVIC LIFE OF KILKENNY BETWEEN 14-00 AND 1700, ROTHE HOUSE WAS THE RESIDENCE OF DR.DAVID ROTHE, BISHOP OF OSSORY, AT THE TIML OF THE CONFEDERATION (1642-8),WHEN IT WAS A MEETING PLACE FOR POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS, AMONGST THEM, IT IS BELIEVED, ARCHBISHOP RINUCCINI AND EOGHAN ROE O'NEILL. A BANNER OF THE CONFEDERACY WAS FOUND HERE DURING STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS IN i860.THOMAS MACDONAGH, ONE OF THE SIGNATORIES OF THE 1916 PROCLAMATION, JOINED THE GAELIC LEAGUE IN ROTHE HOUSE AND TAUGHT HISTORY IN ITS CLASSROOMS. THE BUILDING WAS RENOVATED IN 1898." Pictured here S5056 : Rothe House, Kilkenny

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