Galtee Castle was a
mansion that was situated on the foothills of the
Galtee Mountains
Galtymore or Galteemore () is a mountain in the province of Munster, Ireland. At , it is one of Ireland's highest mountains, being the 12th-highest on the Arderin list, and 14th-highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Galtymore has the 4th-hig ...
at
Skeheenarinky
Skeheenarinky () is a townland in south-west County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a dispersed settlement with a focal point at Skeheenarinky Cross
where a school is located.
Location
Situated between the foothills of the Galtee Mountains and the lo ...
in
County Tipperary
County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after t ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
approximately 10 km. from
Mitchelstown
Mitchelstown () is a town in County Cork, Ireland with a population of approximately 3,740. Mitchelstown is situated in the valley to the south of the Galtee Mountains, 12 km south-west of the Mitchelstown Caves, 28 km from Cahir, 50 ...
.
Origins
The original structure was built as a hunting lodge for the 2nd
Earl of Kingston
Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. The Earl holds the subsidiary titles Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon (created in 1764), Viscount ...
around 1780. The 3rd Earl further remodeled it (c.1825).
In the 1850s, the Kingstons were forced to sell off vast amounts of their
landed estate
In real estate, a landed property or landed estate is a property that generates income for the owner (typically a member of the gentry) without the owner having to do the actual work of the estate.
In medieval Western Europe, there were two compet ...
due to debts, including the lodge and approximately surrounding it.
This became a new estate, the majority of which remained leased to
tenant farmers.
The building was remodeled and expanded c.1892 when its new owner
Abel Buckley inherited the estate from his brother
Nathaniel
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, he had previously purchased sole ownership in 1873.
Destruction
The
Land Commission
The Irish Land Commission was created by the British crown in 1843 to 'inquire into the occupation of the land in Ireland. The office of the commission was in Dublin Castle, and the records were, on its conclusion, deposited in the records tower t ...
; a government agency, acquired the demesne and house in the late 1930s, after allocating the land between afforestation and farmers, the house was offered for sale. The commission accepted an offer from Fr. Tobin of
Glanworth
Glanworth () is a village on the R512 regional road in County Cork, Ireland. It lies approximately northwest of the town of Fermoy and northeast of Cork city. As of 2016, Glanworth's population was 603.
Glanworth has a Roman Catholic church, ...
, County Cork, who wished to use the stone and the slates to build a new church in his parish. The building was thus torn down and dismantled c. 1941.
Today very little is left on the site of the former house; some of the lower base foundations are all that remain. Nearby are some estate cottages and two gate houses. The woods and trails around the site have been developed as a public amenity area known as Galtee Castle Woods.
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Related
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Mitchelstown Castle
Mitchelstown Castle, the former home of the Anglo Irish Earls of Kingston, was located in the north County Cork town of Mitchelstown in Ireland.
15th to 18th century
''White Knights, Dark Earls'' is to date the most extensive published accoun ...
References
External links
Galtee Castle Woods: tourist information
Castles in County Tipperary
Former castles in the Republic of Ireland