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Fortified Houses In Ireland
In Ireland at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth century, the fortified house (), along with the stronghouse, developed as a replacement for the tower house. 'Fortified Houses' were often rectangular, or sometimes U or L-shaped, three-storey structures with high gables and chimney stacks and large windows with hood mouldings. Some examples have square towers at the corners. The interiors were relatively spacious with wooden partitions and numerous fireplaces. In a number of cases 'Fortified Houses' were built onto pre-existing tower houses. 'Fortified Houses' were protected by gun fire from the angle towers and bartizans, and were also provided with bawn walls with gunloops, towers and protected gateways. 'Fortified Houses' were built throughout Ireland by large landowners from a variety of backgrounds, such as the Old English Earl of Clanricarde who built Portumna Castle in County Galway; Gaelic lords such as MacDonogh MacCarthy, Lord of Duhallow, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cromwellian
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, first as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and then as a politician. A leading advocate of the execution of Charles I in January 1649, which led to the establishment of the Republican Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, he ruled as Lord Protector from December 1653 until his death in September 1658. Cromwell nevertheless remains a deeply controversial figure in both Britain and Ireland, due to his use of the military to first acquire, then retain political power, and the brutality of his 1649 Irish campaign. Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Cromwell was elected MP for Huntingdon in 1628, but the first 40 years of his life were undistinguished and at one point he contemplated emigration to Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terryglass Castle
Terryglass Castle, also called the Old Court, is a fortified house and a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland. Location Terryglass Castle is located in the northeast corner of Lough Derg. History An early Christian monastery was established here in the 6th century by Columba, who died around AD 552. Terryglass Castle is listed as having contributed to taxation of the diocese in 1302-1307 and is mentioned as having a covered chancel in the Royal Visitation of 1615, although by the Civil Survey of 1654–56 only a churchyard is mentioned. Building Terryglass is a four-towered keep built by the Marshall family. The castle was constructed between 1219 and 1232 by John Marshall. By 1232, John Marshall was listed as having significant debts to King Henry III, who used the castle and surrounding lands as security against the debts. The castle was to change hands many times passing to Nicholas Dunheaued in 1275–76, Theobald le Botiller, 2nd Chief Butler of Ireland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint David's Castle
Saint David's Castle is a 13th-century Norman castle located in Naas, Ireland. Location Saint David's Castle is located just off Church Lane, immediately east of St David's Church. History St. David’s Castle, sometimes called King John’s Castle, dates from the early Hiberno-Norman era, perhaps as early as 1200. John visited Naas in 1206. He visited again in 1210, when he held a form of Parliament in the town. About this time County Kildare became a separate county. The name derives from Saint David, patron saint of Wales, as the Normans who settled Naas were mostly Welsh in origin. In 1409 Henry IV, Lord of Ireland granted to Naas its first charter as a Corporation and a few years later it was given power to collect tolls at all the entrances to the town, the moneys to go towards fortifying the town with walls and gates. Saint David's Castle was rebuilt and incorporated into the town wall structure at this time. It was converted into a dwelling in the 18th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertstown Castle
Robertstown Castle is a fortified house and National Monument in County Meath, Ireland. Location Robertstown Castle is located in the grounds of Robertstown House, halfway between Moynalty and Nobber. The castle was part of the O'Reilly family's holdings, until the land was sold upon the death of Valentine O'Reilly. The last O'Reillys to live in Robertstown House, adjacent to the castle, were Valentine & Kay O'Reilly & their children Stephanie, Pauline, Patricia, Charles, Joan, & Bernadette. Said children used to play in the castle in the 1940s and 50s, but now the ruins are protected from entry. History Robertstown Castle was built in the early 17th century, which would place its construction some years after the Nine Years' War. The north wing was added at a later date. One local legend, recorded in the 1930s by the Irish Folklore Commission, tells of a man named "Gutters" who lived in the castle ruins and fired his gun at random at passers-by. He was in turn shot b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mint (Carlingford)
The Mint is a fortified house and National Monument located in Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland. Location The Mint is located in the southern part of Carlingford, southwest of Carlingford Lough. History This castle, variously called a fortified house or tower house, derived its name from the license to mint coins granted to Carlingford in 1467 by Edward IV. However, the present tower comes from later, either the 15th or 16th century. It is believed to have housed one of Carlingford's wealthy merchant families (perhaps the Marmions); however, the lack of a fireplace and the strength of the defences suggest that it may indeed have served as a mint. Against this is the fact that no coin minted at Carlingford has ever been found. Building The Mint is three storeys high and made mainly of limestone. There is a battlemented chemin de ronde on the roof, with loopholes for muskets. A doorway is protected by machicolation. The ground and first storey ogee windows (five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dromaneen Castle
Dromaneen Castle is a fortified house and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland. It was one of the three main castles of the ancient O’Callaghan clan. The ruin is that of a Jocobean mansion and it is said to have been built by Caher O’Callaghan in around 1610. It was built to replace an older fortification, which had probably been in the style of a tower house. It was here that the Papal Nuncio Rinunicci was entertained in 1642. The castle was destroyed in 1652 during the Irish Confederate Wars. No effort was made to defend it and it was apparently occupied by Sir Richard Herrill, and Tynte of Youghal after which it was passed to Sir Richard Kyrle. Location Dromaneen Castle is located west of Mallow, on the south bank of the Munster Blackwater The Blackwater or Munster Blackwater ( ga, An Abhainn Mhór, The Great River) is a river which flows through counties Kerry, Cork, and Waterford in Ireland. It rises in the Mullaghareirk Mountains in County Kerry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolhull Castle
Coolhull Castle is a late 16th century fortified house and National Monument located in County Wexford, Ireland. Location Coolhull Castle is located in south County Wexford near Bannow Bay, southeast of Wellingtonbridge. History There are no historical references to Coolhull Castle although it is known that a John Devereux owned land at Coolhull in 1640. Building Coolhull Castle has a four-storey service tower and three-storey rectangular block (hall house) attached with a hall at first-floor level. Both sections have Irish crenellations. There is a bartizan in the northeast. The tower doorway is protected by a murder-hole. Other features include fireplaces, garderobe Garderobe is a historic term for a room in a medieval castle. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' gives as its first meaning a store-room for valuables, but also acknowledges "by extension, a private room, a bed-chamber; also a privy". The word der ... and slop stone. References {{Reflist National Monu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burncourt Castle
Burncourt Castle is a fortified house and a National Monument in County Tipperary, Ireland. Location Burncourt Castle is located 5.4 km (3.4 mi) northwest of Ballyporeen, on the west bank of the River Tar. History The castle was originally known as Everard's Castle, and was built by Richard Everard, 1st Baronet (d. 1650), son of politician and judge Sir John Everard. When Richard married Catherine Plunkett in 1620, his father awarded him a large estate around the River Tar. Around 1639 Sir Richard some of his land and began to build a fortified house. It was complete in 1641, and had 26 gables and seven chimneys. Archeological investigation found a cow skeleton in a pit that extended under the east wall of the castle. The cow appeared to have been killed and dismembered and left as a protective votive offering – the flanks were placed next to each other and the head placed on the upper backbone. The Everards took up residence just as the Irish Rebell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athlumney Castle
Athlumney Castle () is a tower house and fortified house and a National Monument in Navan, Ireland. This site remains accessible to the public. You'll need to place a deposit at the nearby B&B to enter, and you'll be given a key to access the site. Location Athlumney Castle is located on Convent Road, to the southeast of Navan town centre, east of the Boyne. History Athlumney overlooks a key strategic point, where the Leinster Blackwater drains into the Boyne. The place name derives from the Irish for "Loman's ford", referring to Lommán of Trim. Archaeological digs uncovered an Early Christian souterrain. The motte at Athlumney was built in the years after 1172 when Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath granted the title of Baron Skryne to his ally Adam de Feypo; he in turn granted Athlumney to a relative Amauri de Feipo, who built the motte. The older part of Athlumney Castle is a tower house which was built in the 15th century. The newer part of the castle is a Tudor-style fortif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobean Architecture
The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James VI and I, with whose reign (1603–1625 in England) it is associated. At the start of James' reign there was little stylistic break in architecture, as Elizabethan trends continued their development. However, his death in 1625 came as a decisive change towards more classical architecture, with Italian influence, was in progress, led by Inigo Jones; the style this began is sometimes called Stuart architecture, or English Baroque (though the latter term may be regarded as starting later). Courtiers continued to build large prodigy houses, even though James spent less time on summer progresses round his realm than Elizabeth had. The influence of Flemish and German Northern Mannerism increased, now often executed by immigrant craftsmen and artists, rather than obtained from books as in the previous reign. There continued to be very little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tudor Style Architecture
The Tudor architectural style is the final development of Medieval architecture in England and Wales, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, and also the tentative introduction of Renaissance architecture to Britain. It followed the Late Gothic Perpendicular style and, gradually, it evolved into an aesthetic more consistent with trends already in motion on the continent, evidenced by other nations already having the Northern Renaissance underway Italy, and especially France already well into its revolution in art, architecture, and thought. A subtype of Tudor architecture is Elizabethan architecture, from about 1560 to 1600, which has continuity with the subsequent Jacobean architecture in the early Stuart period. In the much more slow-moving styles of vernacular architecture, "Tudor" has become a designation for half-timbered buildings, although there are cruck and frame houses with half timbering that considerably predate 1485 and others well afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
