Press Release from Kilkenny County Council on Vicar Street
PRESS RELEASE
TUESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2013
Surveys and investigations by consultant archaeologists Valerie J Keeley Ltd and architectural and historical buildings specialist Mr Rob Goodbody, of Historic Building Consultants, are continuing on the gable or end wall of No 22 Vicar's St under licence and supervision of the Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
This wall is on the line of a planned footpath for the proposed Central Access Scheme and is parallel to the line of the proposed new street.
In a major undertaking, all render has been removed from the three houses at Vicar Street to ensure that a full and detailed survey will inform the dating of the structures.
At this time there is not sufficient evidence to definitively date the gable wall at No 22 Vicar's Street. Substantial portions of the wall are modern and the architectural building survey and archaeological investigations currently underway will inform this process
To date there is no substantive evidence to support the view that these remains represent a 'Manse House' for the Prebendary of Tascoffin. Indeed at this point research indicates a move away from this theory.
It is clear from the extent of the ongoing investigations being conducted at the site, that the utmost consideration has been and is being afforded these structures.
The study currently being undertaken for the Council at Vicar Street is a designated process of in depth research, surveys and investigations. This work is under licence from the Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, is under Ministerial Direction and is in line with An Bord Pleanala's requirements.
Kilkenny County Council wish to continue this process to its conclusion within the context of our already established commitment to and respect of our heritage in Kilkenny City and county.
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