Ballinalacken Castle
| Ballinalacken Castle | ||
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 Ballinalacken Castle ruins |
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| Creation time : | 15th or early 16th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Killilagh | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 2 '47.2 " N , 9 ° 20' 29.8" W | |
| Height: | 94 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Ballinalacken Castle ( Irish Caisleán Bhaile na Leacan ) is the ruin of a tower house in the parish of Killilagh in County Clare, Ireland . It is not known exactly when it was built, but it is estimated to be in the 15th or early 16th century.
Surname
The name refers to the name of the townland Ballynalackan ( Irish Baile na Leacan , English: "home of the mountainside").
Location
The ruin stands in an area called the Burren , on a limestone cliff above the roads from Lisdoonvarna to Fanore and Doolin . The intersection of the trunk roads R477 and R479 is located below the castle ruins.
history
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If you take into account the elevated position of the site, it is likely that fortifications were built there earlier, but nothing of that can be seen today. At the end of the 14th century, Lachlan MacCon O'Connor allegedly had a fortress built there.
Today's Tower House is similar to Leamaneh Castle in that both buildings were built over a period of time. The oldest part is the tall tower in the east, which is believed to date from the 15th century. In 1564 the O'Connors lost their territory and in 1584–1585 the castle was officially transferred to Sir Turlough O'Brien . After the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the subsequent reorganization by the Cromwell administration , Turlough O'Connor's son Daniel petitioned the English commission in 1654 to keep the house from demolition. Either he or his son, Teigue , later built an extension to Ballinalacken Castle. Teigue's son, Donough , in turn, called himself "of Ballinalacken". The house remained in the possession of the O'Briens of Ennistymon until the mid-18th century , when it passed to another branch of the family. The O'Briens from Ballinalacken trace their ancestry to Turlough Don who died in 1528, as well as to the Ennistymon branch of the O'Briens, which was founded by Sir Donald O'Brien of Dough Castle , who died in 1579. In 1641/1642 the castle belonged to Daniel O'Brien from Dough Castle and in 1654 an officer from Cromwell's troops ordered that the castles of Ballinalacken and Dough be spared from the demolition of their fortifications. Under the Settlement Act of 1667, Tower House was owned by a Captain Hamilton , but the O'Briens got it back. The O'Briens were then one of the most powerful families in Ireland and had several castles built, including Ballinalacken Castle. In 1837 the owner at the time planned to have it renovated.
The bungalow-like Ballinalacken Castle Hotel with its curved front facade was built in the 1840s as a home for the Lords O'Brien. Presumably it was built by John O'Brien († 1855), MP and eldest son of James and Margaret O'Brien . Margaret widowed in 1806 and married Cornelius O'Brien . John O'Brien was the father of Peter O'Brien, 1st Baron O'Brien . The house has an open fireplace cut from a single block of marble and a circular skylight. You can also find original, colored glass windows and a stone helmet from the O'Briens. In 1938 the house was converted into a guest house.
description
The Tower House is surrounded by a fence that is entered through a gate with brackets and machicolations . The Tower House itself appears to have been built in two sections that were later joined together. The narrower and one story higher east wing has a gate entrance with a machiculus above it. A porter's lodge is opposite the spiral staircase that leads to three floors of bedrooms. These have small windows. From the top floor there is access to a wall gallery. The main wing has a finely cut, Tudor style open fireplace (dated 1641). The machiculis in this part of the building contain several loopholes .
Individual evidence
- ↑ logainm.ie
- ^ Anne Korff: The Burren: O'Brien Country - A Ramblers Guide and Map . Tir Eolas, 1989.
- ^ Samuel Lewis: County Clare: A History and Topography 1837 . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ Hugh Carthy: Burren Archeology . The Collins Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-848891-05-0 . Pp. 113-115.
- ↑ George Cunningham: Burren Journey West . Shannonside Mid Western Regional Tourism Organization, 1980. ISBN 0-9503080-2-1 . P. 15.
- ↑ Ballinalacken Castle Hotel . Discover Ireland. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ↑ O'BRIEN (No.8) of Ballynalacken, County Clare . LibraryIreland. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ↑ George Cunningham: Burren Journey West . Shannonside Mid Western Regional Tourism Organization, 1980. ISBN 0-9503080-2-1 . P. 16.
- ↑ George Cunningham: Burren Journey West . Shannonside Mid Western Regional Tourism Organization, 1980. ISBN 0-9503080-2-1 . Pp. 15-16.
