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Kilgobbin Castle (Dublin)
Kilgobbin Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Location Kilgobbin Castle is located to the north of Stepaside, Dublin, Stepaside and east of Two Rock, guarding the southern approach to Dublin from County Wicklow. History Archeological excavations have shown that the site of the tower house was inhabited long before it was built; there is evidence of 11th–12th century metalworking, a 13th-century "plough pebble" and 13th–14th century pottery. Kilgobbin Castle was built by the Cambro-Norman Walsh family , as one of the Pale towers built after Henry VI of England, King Henry VI, in 1429, awarded a grant of ten pound sterling, pounds to any man who built a castle on the edge of the Pale; it was one of several on the southern edge of The Pale. In 1476 the castle was sacked by the O'Byrnes. In 1641 the Walshes were dispossessed, with the castle going to Adam Loftus (politician), Adam Loftus, who then rented it to Mathew Talbot, an officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Beranger
Gabriel Beranger (1725–1817) was a Dutch artist, known for his works showing Irish antiquities. Life Beranger was born in Rotterdam on 9 March 1725, as the son of Henry Beranger and Marie le Duc/Anne Marie Leduc. His parents, who had married in Rotterdam in 1713, were both of Huguenot origin. In 1760, Beranger went to Ireland to join family members there. Beranger opened a print shop and artist's warehouse at 5 South Great George's Street, Dublin, and followed the profession of an artist. Charles Vallancey and William Conyngham became his patrons and found him a government situation in the Dublin exchequer office. In later life Beranger was financially independent, after a bequest from his brother-in-law. He died at the age of 91 or 92, and was interred in the French burial-ground in Dublin. Works Beranger drew the antiquities of Dublin and its neighbourhood, and then, with the French artist Angelo Bigari, sketching tours through Leinster, Connaught, and Ulster. Many of his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
