Ballymore Castle
| Ballymore Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | 1585 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | well preserved, rebuilt | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Lawrencetown | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| Height: | 67 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Ballymore Castle is a castle in the village of Lawrencetown in the Irish County Galway . A house was added to the original Tower House from the 16th century in 1620 and the castle has been greatly modified since then.
history
Early history
John Lawrence had the castle built in 1585 on land acquired through marriage to a daughter of the O'Madden family , Lords of Longford . In 1603, John Lawrence's eldest son, Walter , married a certain Cecily Moore , granddaughter of Richard Burke, 2nd Earl of Clanricarde . In the following wars Ballymore Castle suffered badly and was subsequently restored by Walter Lawrence. As a memento, he had a marble mantelpiece built into one of the upper rooms , bearing the iritial "WL 1620".
John Lawrence Jr. lost the property in 1641 at the instigation of Oliver Cromwell , as he had represented the royalist cause under the leadership of Ulick Burke, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde , in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms . The castle and much of the land was given to Sir Thomas Newcomen , who leased the castle from the Lawrences for many years.
War of the two kings
In the War of the Two Kings , Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan , sent Ulick Burke, 1st Viscount Galway to hold Ballymore Castle. At the beginning of June 1691 Burke and around 1200 defenders quartered themselves in a fort on the banks of Lough Seudy . A smaller force occupied the castle, which De Ginkell attacked first. The sergeant and his small crew struggled and, when they were finally captured, De Ginkell first let the sergeant hang before turning to the fort.
The fort was besieged with artillery from the land side and the enemy approached it with boats from the water side. The commandant, Colonel Ulick, thought it was right to surrender the following day. De Ginkell stayed at Ballymore Castle for another ten days to prepare his troops for the next deployment to Athlone .
Later story
After Newcomen's death, the castle fell to his stepson, Nicholas Cusack of Cushinstown , County Meath , who sold it to John Eyre of Eyrecourt in 1720 . At that time the property was leased to the Seymour family. In 1815 the castle was modernized and a two-story house was added, which had a central prow with an entrance with a skylight. Thomas Seymour bought the castle and lands from Giles Eyre around 1824 . He was with Matilda Margaret , geb. Lawrence , married. Her son, Queensland Police Commissioner David Thompson Seymour , was born at Ballymore Castle in November 1831.
Mrs. Hale , a relative of the Seymours, inherited the property, which at that time had already been reduced, as the Irish Land Commission had already bought part. It was later sold to Joe Naughton along with his lands .
Others
"Ballymore Castle" is also the name of a racehorse, a brown gelding.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ballymore Castle . In: Ask About Ireland . Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ The History of Ireland . Volume II, O'Driscol, J. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green . Paternoster Row, 1827.
- ^ The History of Ireland, Ancient and Modern . From: Our Native Annals . Haverty, M. Dublin: James Duffy . 1867.
- ^ A b John Downey: Ballymore Castle . In: Lawrencetown.com . Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ^ Ballymore Castle . In: County Galway Guide . Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- ↑ RF Racing Ltd . Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2018.