Ballycowan Castle
| Ballycowan Castle | |
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 Ballycowan Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Bhaile Mhic Comhainn |
| Creation time : | 1589 |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (permanent house) |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility |
| Construction: | Quarry stone |
| Place: | Tullamore |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 16 '34.7 " N , 7 ° 33' 31.5" W |
| Height: | 52 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference |
Ballycowan Castle ( Irish Caisleán Bhaile Mhic Comhainn ) is the ruins of a low castle 4 km west of Tullamore in County Offaly, Ireland .
history
Thomas Morres had a permanent house built in 1589 on the site of an O'Molloy castle that burned down in 1557 or a tower house called Baile Mhic Abhainn .
Sir Jasper Herbert and his wife, Lady Jane Finglas , had the adjacent tower built in 1626 on a piece of land that they had received during the plantation .
In the time of Oliver Cromwell , the southern part of the castle was blown up from a hill 90 meters away. The castle lands were confiscated in 1666 and loaned to the Earl of Mountrath .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bally Cowan Castle, Co. Offaly . In: The Standing Stone . Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ↑ Bally Cowan Castle . O'Molloy.com. Retrieved March 28, 2019.