Carnew Castle
| Carnew Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Charn to Bhua | |
| Creation time : | 1580-1620 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Carnew | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 42 '35.4 " N , 6 ° 29' 58.8" W | |
| Height: | 108 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Carnew Castle ( Irish Caisleán Charn an Bhua ) is a castle in the village of Carnew in the very south of County Wicklow , Ireland , near the border with County Wexford .
history
The village of Carnew was first established in 1247 as the Norman settlement "Carnebothe" in a royal charter from Henry III. mentioned. A tower house was built there at the end of the 16th century.
A Welshman , Calcott Chambre , leased Carnew Castle in 1619 and established a significant iron and steel industry following the settlement in the following two decades . He invited compatriots to settle here and had one of the largest deer parks in the country (about 11 km around the settlement) laid out.
During the rebellion of 1641 , Chambre and around 160 settlers were besieged in the castle for 22 weeks, forced to eat meat that "had long lain in lime pits". The besiegers were about 1,000 rebels led by the Mastersons, Byrnes and Donal Kavanaghs of Ballingate , who also "tore down the pulpits, burned the pews, and so disfigured and destroyed the Church of Carnew". When the besieged finally gave up, some of them were hanged, some captured and put into service, while the majority of them, including Chambre, were escorted to Dublin in a convoy . Knockloe O'Byrnes held the castle until 1649, when it was taken by Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell . Two years later, the castle was shelled by Cromwell's Roundheads under the command of Colonel Hewson , with the roof destroyed.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the settlement destroyed in the rebellion of 1798 was rebuilt and the ruins of the castle received a new roof and was modernized. In 1813 a brother-in-law of Earl FitzWilliam , Reverend Richard Ponsonby (later Bishop of Derry ), moved in as rector. His successor, Reverend Henry Moore , who had the high castle wall built, opposed the efforts of Earl Fitzwilliam and his agent Bob Challoner to establish a non-denominational school to heal old wounds. After a court ruling, Moore got his way and was allowed to build a Protestant school; FitzWilliams then had him thrown out of the castle.
Carnew Castle has been a privately owned house since the end of World War II .
description
The three-story building is made of granite rubble . Most of the original plaster has crumbled off. A curved yoke juts out at the full height of the south facade . The north-west corner is adorned with a crowd watchtower . The windows have partly straight lintels, partly Gothic pointed arches , as well as the recessed entrance door. At the edge of the roof, the building carries a balustrade of pinnacles .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e f Main Record - County Wicklow (Carnew Castle, Main Street, Carnew, County Wicklow) . In: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . Department of Arts, Heritage and the Geeltacht, Government of Ireland. Retrieved July 3, 2019.