Doe Castle
| Doe Castle | ||
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 Doe Castle with enclosure and tower house |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán na dTuath | |
| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | well preserved | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Masonry, plastered | |
| Place: | Creeslough | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 8 '7.1 " N , 7 ° 51' 52.2" W | |
| Height: | 4 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Doe Castle ( Irish : Caisleán na dTuath ) is a castle on the Sheephaven Bay near the village of Creeslough in Irish County Donegal . It was originally a fortress of the Sweeney clan with architectural parallels to a Scottish tower house . Doe Castle was built in the 16th century and is one of the better fortresses in the north west of Ireland. It is a national monument .
history
Here came Eoghan Rua Ó Néill back in 1642, the Ulster Army of the Irish Confederate forces in the wars of the Three Kingdoms to lead.
In the 17th century the castle changed hands several times during the battle between the Irish and English for supremacy in Ireland. It is known that Sir Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath , Governor of Londonderry , took possession of the castle in 1650.
Sir George Vaughan Hart later bought the castle and lived there with his family until 1843.
description
The castle is located on a small peninsula. It is surrounded by water on three sides and has a ditch dug into the rock on the land side . The complex consists of mostly high outer walls around an inner fence in which a four-story tower house stands.
Others
Irish singer Brian McFadden asked for the hand of his (today's ex) wife, Kerry Katona, at the castle in 2001 . At this point his grandfather had asked for his grandmother's hand.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bryan Mcfadden And Kerry Katona Wed In Breathtaking Ceremony . July 15, 2007. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. 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 September 28, 2018.
