franciscanfriary

I think that's supposed to be "French" rather than Trench - it says "Sir Piter French Mary Browne" on it, after all.

The Abbey. St. Francis Street. Galway.. www.flickr.com/photos/chethams_library/9038815615/in/albu...

1652 The friars of this house were banished and the monuments and works of the abbey were defaced by Cromwell's soldiery. The marble tomb of Sir Peter French knt which was richly gilt and adorned sculptures was entirely destroyed part of the polished marble was by governor Stubbers into chimney pieces and the remainder sent England and disposed of at a considerable price. and Part of the under works of this monument were dug up about the year 1779 and by order of father Anthony Carrol a pious and learned Franciscan were placed in the wall of the sacristy and near the lower entrance to the chapel In the latter are sculptured figures of saint Patrick and saint Nicholas the patron of the town with the family arms of Browne and crest of French beneath which are engraved the names Peter French and Mary Browne. From here which is dicussing the Franciscan Friary in Galway.

Those Republicans have a lot to answer for! Exquisite carving on this, really fine workmanship to survive so long!

The doorway of Sir Peter's House on Market St. was still there in the early 20th Century. It had coat of arms of both French and Browne as well.

Christopher Columbus stayed at the friary two years before his famous first voyage, after learning that King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had rejected his request for outfitting an expedition in search of the Indies. With the intervention of the guardian of La Rábida and the confessor to Isabella, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, he was able to have his proposal heard.

Thomas Philips' 1685 map of Cork:

Within the City Walls (The Core Spine)The Main Spine (North & South Main Street): The central vertical street running straight through the heart of the walled oval, connecting the north and south sides of the river.Christ Church (Holy Trinity): Located off the main street inside the southern portion of the walls, noted as a principal medieval parish church.St. Peter’s Church: Situated toward the northern portion within the walls.The Central Bridge / Drawbridges: Splitting the central town into two distinct marshy sections.The Gates: North Gate Bridge and South Gate Bridge, controlling access into the fortified center from the suburbs.Outside the City Walls (Suburbs & Religious Houses)St. Fin Barre's Cathedral (St. Barry's): The large labeled church visible on the elevated ground to the south-west (left side of the map).Elizabeth Fort: The star-shaped, bastioned fort visible just north of St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, overlooking the south channel approach.St. Francis Abbey: Labeled in the northern suburb across the river channel (top-right area).The Dominican Abbey / Abbey Isle: Located near Crosses Green on the south-west channels.

North is to the right. GoogleMapsSatellite, showing most of the buildings on the old map - www.google.com

[Aside] 1685 was an important year for music. Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti were all born in 1685. www.bachsocietybrasil.com

Wikipedia has an older 1545 map showing how soggy it was ...
See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cork

Edit - that Wiki page also has a 1714 map which marks the 'rectangular green area' as "Bowling Green".

What a beautiful map.