To Caiseal (Galway)
Coordinates: 53 ° 22 ′ N , 9 ° 49 ′ W
At Caiseal ( Anglicized Cashel ) is a place in the Irish County Galway in the province of Connacht . It's in Connemara , west of Galway and southeast of Clifden , on the coast.
history
The name Caiseal is derived from a circular fortress made of earth and stone. The Caiseal surrounds an old section of the Caiseal Ard / High Cashel cemetery, the remains of which lie on a slope of a mountain 1 km northeast of the city. The nearby holy spring , "Tobar Chonaill", is still frequently visited. Sacrificial offerings are laid on a rock on which the imprints of a child and a lamb are recognized. Legend has it that an English soldier who desecrated the place on Meatl died on tSaighdiúra / the little hill of the soldier.
Toombeola Bridge is to the west. This bridge is not far from the remains of a Dominican monastery that was built in 1427 by a member of the O'Flaherty clan , who ruled Connemara until the reign of Jacob II .
The small church of St. James dates from 1912. Its stained glass with Elizabeth Rivers (1903–64) depicting St. Joseph as a worker and was completed by Francis Biggs after her death.
Cashel House was built in 1847 by Thomas Hazell of Dun Riachain for his son's wedding. It was bought in 1919 by James O'Mara, the benefactor of Eamon de Valera and MP for the Sinn Fein of Kilkenny and raided several times in 1920. In 1952 it was acquired by Lt. Col. Brown Clayton and in 1967 by the current owners McEvilly, who opened it as a hotel. Charles de Gaulle spent two weeks in Cashel in 1969 after announcing his resignation as President of the Republic of France. The gardens are country style gardens based on a series of forest clearings. They show an abundance of roses and perennials. The "Walled Garden" (now called the Secret Garden) was originally an orchard in which Jack O'Mara planted rare trees and shrubs from around the world. Many of these trees are the largest specimens in Ireland today.
Hotel Zetland, originally “The Viceroy's Rest”, was renamed in honor of the Count of Zetland who used to visit it in the 1880s-90s. The jetty nearby is from the O'Loghlen, the first owners of the hotel. Behind the hotel is Cnocän Aifrinn / the small hill of the fair with a mass rock on its southern slope near the summit.
literature
- Tim Robinson: Connemara Part 1: Introduction and Gazetter Roundstone 1990 ISBN 0-9504002-5-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.connemaraireland.com/cashel/ Connemara Ireland: Cashel. Retrieved December 27, 2006.