Donamon Castle

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Donamon Castle , also Dunamon Castle , ( Irish Caisleán Dhún Iomáin ) is a castle on a hill above the River Suck near Williamstown in County Roscommon, Ireland . It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited buildings in Ireland.

history

There has been a fortress here from the earliest times; "Dún Iomáin" was first mentioned in 1154 in the annals of the four masters . Donamon was the seat of the clan chief Ó Fionnachta of the Chonnmhaigh clan , one of the two main branches of this Connacht family . In 1232 Adam de Staunton had the site fortified as part of the Norman conquest, but the new fortress was destroyed by the local O'Connors the following year. The rebuilt castle was inhabited by De Oddingseles in 1294 . He died the following year. The De Berminghams then took over the property, but it was destroyed again by the O'Connors in 1303 . In 1307 they were ousted by the Burkes , whose boss was named MacDavid . The MacDavid Burkes lived in the building for the next 300 years.

In the wars of conquest and expropriation of the 17th century, a branch of the Caulfield family came into possession of the castle and the surrounding land. They remained in possession of the property throughout Protestant rule.

In late 1932 an IRA unit under the command of Seán McCool and Mick Price took over Donamon Castle to set up a training camp for their organization.

In 1939 the Steyler missionaries came to Ireland and bought the castle from the Irish Land Commission . The Steyler Mission had several new buildings built to create a campus on which people were trained before they were sent out into the world. The castle itself is still the center of the Steyler Mission in Ireland today. The training campus now serves as the Irish Wheelchair Association's national holiday center.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dun Iomáin . In: Logainm.ie . Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ House: Dunamon . NUI Galway. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ Dunamon Castle - Williamstown . In: County Galway Guide . 2007. Retrieved April 12, 20119.
  4. ↑ Irish Names and Surname . LibraryIreland.com. 1923. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  5. ↑ Donamon Castle, Castles Historical Roscommon. Find all Roscommon Travel and Tourist information in Ireland . Goireland.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ Cuisle Holiday Center . Cuisle.com. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '54 "  N , 8 ° 19' 8.4"  W.

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