Charleville Castle
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 Charleville Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Bhaile to Bhóthair | |
| Creation time : | 1800-1812 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | restored | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Ashlar | |
| Place: | Tullamore | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 15 '38.3 " N , 7 ° 31' 43.6" W | |
| Height: | 70 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Charleville Castle ( Irish Caisleán Bhaile an Bhóthair ) is a low castle in the neo-Gothic style on the city limits of Tullamore in County Offaly, Ireland . The building near the Clodiagh River is considered one of the finest of its kind in the country.
history
The first mansion to be built on the site of today's Charleville Castle was commissioned by Thomas Moore around 1641. The property fell to Charles Moore, 1st Earl of Charleville , grandson of Thomas Moore, and when Thomas Moore died in 1674, it fell to Charles William Bury through his sister Jane . 1806 Bury was raised to the 1st Earl of Charleville (2nd creation of the title). The new earl decided to have a new house built on the estate. In 1798 he commissioned the architect Francis Johnson to design the new house, which was built between 1800 and 1812.
The castle was not continuously inhabited due to the owner's financial problems. When it was used again, new rooms were added and others renovated. In this context, William Morris designed the ceiling of the dining room. Lord Byron was also a guest at the castle and held many parties there. Once there was a painting entitled Henry VIII, Act V, Scene 4 by the painter Matthew William Peters in the castle; it was removed in 1970 and is now in a Canadian collection.
From 1912 the castle was uninhabited. Colonel Howard Bury lived instead at Belvedere House in County Westmeath . In 1968 the roof of Charleville Castle was removed. The restoration work was started in 1971 by Michael McMullen and then continued by Constance Heavey Seaquist and Bonnie Vance . A non-profit association was founded to provide financial support for the restoration.
today
Today Dudley Stewart heads the Charleville Castle Heritage Trust ; the daily work is done by volunteers. Numerous events took place at the castle, e.g. B. "Fright Nights," an auction and play from the English Chamber Theater called Dearest Nancy, Darling Evelyn . The Mór Festival and its successor, Castlepalooza , were later held there . Facefest , a not-for-profit festival, took place over the Summer Solstice Weekend at Charleville Castle for several years with great success. Now the castle is also a global expedition base for “The Explorers' Museum” in honor of Charles Howard-Bury .
The castle itself is said to be one of the most haunted buildings in Europe; she was featured on Living TV's Most Haunted and Fox's Scariest Places on Earth . The most famous of these ghosts is a little girl named Harriet who died after falling down a stairwell. Charleville Castle was also visited by numerous paranormal researchers and soul researchers. Sir Simon Marsden also photographed it so that it appears in his collections. It also appeared in Ghost Hunters International . It was used as the filming location for the films Mistress Jane and Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey in 2007 . Together with Ashford Castle in County Mayo , Charleville Castle was also used in 2013 as a film set for "French Court" in the pilot of the medieval drama "Reign" by CW .
A tree associated with the castle, the King Oak Tree , was nominated as “European Tree of the Year” in 2013. It is said that whenever a branch breaks off a tree, a member of the Burys family dies.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maurice Craig the Knight of Glin: Ireland Observed . Mercier Press, Cork 1969. ISBN 978-0-85342-049-1 . P. 29.
- ^ A b c Sylvia Thompson: Buildings at Risk - Charleville Castle, Tullamore, Co Offaly . In: The Irish Times . July 3, 2015. Accessed March 28, 2019.
- ↑ Laura Ryder: Donations sought to restore Charleville Castle painting . In: Offaly Independent . June 15, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ A b Castles of Ireland - Charleville Castle . In: Britain Ireland Castles . Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ The Explorers' Museum: About . In: The Explorers' Museum . Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Charleville Castle - A 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of “explorabilia” . In: Atlas Obscura . Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ↑ Michael Heraghty: Harriet the Ghost of Charleville Castle . In: Choose Ireland . Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ↑ Lights, camera and a tidy € 450m in tourism . In: Irish Independent . September 3, 2007. Accessed March 28, 2019.
- ^ Filming in Ireland . Irish Film Board. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ^ Root for Tullamore 'King Oak' in European Tree of the Year . In: Offaly Express . February 13, 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
- ↑ Emer McLysaght: 14 amazing Irish trees to see before you die . In: The Journal . Retrieved March 28, 2019.
