Crevenish Castle

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Crevenish Castle is a ruined castle about 3 km southwest of the village of Kesh in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland . Today it is in private hands.

history

The castle was built around 1618 for Sir Thomas Blennerhassett († 1624) from Norfolk , whose brother had Castle Caldwell built. Originally this castle was called Castlehassett or Castle Hassett . Thomas Blennerhassett had already had an illustrious career before he came to Fermanagh as a “Planter”. Among other things, he was captain of Guernsey Castle . He was a man of letters who wrote several books, including a. Directions for the Plantation of Ulster . He was followed by his eldest son, Sir Leonard Blennerhassett († 1639). The castle then came into the hands of the local Maguire family when Blennerhassett's widow, Deborah , married Rory Maguire , the leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 in Fermanagh. He died in 1648. Then the castle fell back to the Blennerhassett family, namely to Henry Blennerhassett , the son of Sir Leonard. He became a member of the House of Commons for County Fermanagh in 1664 and high sheriff for that county in the same year . But in 1697 it was already reported that the castle was in ruins.

construction

In 1618 and 1619, Captain Nicholas Pynnar reported that the castle was "a stone and lime house, clapboard, two and a half stories high". The construction of a church had also started and there was a small village with six houses. Two and a half floors have been preserved to this day, as well as a square tower and loopholed windows. The castle is made of limestone and has an insert in the middle on its north side, which has tower-like protrusions on both sides. The Blennerhassett's tombstones are on the property.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Ernest Sanderson: Discover Northern Ireland . Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast 1976. ISBN 0-9500222-7-6 . P. 143.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Department of the Environment NI: Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland . Her Majesty's Stationary Office, Belfast 1987. pp. 152-153.
  3. ^ Breege McCusker: Fermanagh: Land of Lake and Legend . 1999.
  4. ↑ From the Broads to the Lakelands: English Plantation in Fermanagh in the early 17th century . In: Cunninghamsway . Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Thomas Blennerhassett . In: Dictionary of Ulster Biography . Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b The Blennerhassetts . In: Chittick.com . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 13, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chittick.com
  7. ↑ Crevenish Castle, Kesh . In: Natural Stone Database . Retrieved October 13, 2015.

Coordinates: 54 ° 30 ′ 42.3 "  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 42.7"  W.