Castle Conway

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Castle Conway
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Alternative name (s): Killorglin Castle
Creation time : 13th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: tore off
Standing position : Irish nobility
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Killorglin
Geographical location 52 ° 6 '23 "  N , 9 ° 47' 7"  W Coordinates: 52 ° 6 '23 "  N , 9 ° 47' 7"  W.
Height: 17  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Castle Conway (Ireland)
Castle Conway

Castle Conway (originally Killorglin Castle ) was a castle and chateau in the town of Killorglin in County Kerry, Ireland . Today only ruins of a wall remain of both buildings.

history

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Initially, Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly , had a defensive structure built in the 13th century at this point on the banks of the Laune .

After the Desmond Rebellions, the crown confiscated the castle and lent it to Captain Jenkin Conway in the course of the Munster Plantation in 1587 . The Conway family originally came from Wales . Through the wife of Jenkin Conways, Mary Herbert , they were descendants of the English King Henry I and the Aoife MacMurrough through their ancestor Sir Richard Herbert of Coldbrook . The lending was confirmed in 1592.

Because of the poor condition of the castle, the son of Captain Jenkin Conway, whose name was also Jenkin , had Killorglin Castle renewed in 1613 and renamed it "Castle Conway". By marriage she fell to Robert Blennerhassett , an officer in Cromwell's army in the Irish Confederation Wars . The castle was damaged in these wars and was in ruins from 1682.

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Between 1700 and 1710 the Blennerhassett family had a castle built on the site of the ruined castle, into which elements of the medieval building remains were integrated. At that time the property was about 28 & nbspkm² and the Blennerhassetts were able to have a large, new castle built with tall chimneys, an important library and terraced gardens downstairs. The old castle chapel has been restored and integrated into the new building.

In 1792 Harman Blennerhassett inherited the property but sold it in 1795 to his relative, Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry .

Most of the castle was demolished in 1842 and the blocks used to build other buildings in Killorglan. The ruins of a medieval wall are all that remains of both buildings today.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Castle Conway . In: Historic Houses and Castles . www.ireland.com. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  2. ^ A b Michael C. O'Laughlin: Families of Co. Kerry, Ireland . Irish Roots Cafe, 1994. p. 30.
  3. ^ Blennerhasset Family of Castle Conway, Killorglan, and Rossbeigh in Co. Kerry . In: www.blennerhassettfamilytree.com . Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Section 2 - Killorglan Local Area Plan . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2018.

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