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An Inis
At Kilbraney, two estate outbuildings preserve practical uses within unusually considered architectural forms.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- An Inis · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Inch · English · main form
Place & story
An apple barn with a pyramidal roof
Abbey Ville’s apple barn at Kilbraney was already standing by 1822, according to the architectural inventory. It has two storeys on a square plan with chamfered corners and a steep pyramidal slate roof. A central arched light flanked by narrower windows gives the upper floor an elaborate frontage for a storage building. The survey records it within the estate’s walled garden. [2]
The separate pigeon house
A second two-storey structure stands farther south, beyond the former house’s farm buildings. The National Monuments Service identifies this as a pigeon house, with its upper floor recessed from the wall below. Its updated 2021 record cites an 1822 estate map of Anthony Cliffe’s Abbeybraney property that names the building’s purpose. This makes the identification more specific than its earlier listing simply as a structure. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inch. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Abbey Ville apple barn, Kilbraney, 15704003 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Abbey Ville pigeon house, Kilbraney, WX040-092, record amended 2 November 2021 · Michael Moore, National Monuments Service
- Inch electoral division, south Wexford · Townlands.ie / OpenStreetMap contributors
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.