Donore Castle
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 Donore Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caiseal Dhun Uabhair | |
| Creation time : | 1430s | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Ballivor | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 29 '36.3 " N , 6 ° 56' 31.3" W | |
| Height: | 65 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Donore Castle ( Irish Caiseal Dhún Uabhair ) is the ruin of a tower house south of the village of Ballivor in County Meath, Ireland on the north bank of the Boyne south of the R161 trunk road , just above the confluence of the Enfield Blackwater . It is considered a national monument .
history
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1429 granted the English King Henry VI. and Lord of Ireland 10 pounds to each citizen who had a small defense tower (6 meters × 4.8 meters × 12 meters) built on the edge of the Pale before 1439. Donore's Tower House is said to have been one of those towers built by the local rulers, the Mac Eochagáins . In 1650, during the reconquest of Ireland , the castle was captured by troops led by Sir John Reynolds and over 40 members of the McGeoghegan family were killed.
According to the Civil Survey (1654–1656), Garrat Lench from “Donowre” owned 1640 lands of 89 hectares, as well as “a castle with orchard , a weir and some farms”. An illustration from 1785 shows the castle with a hipped roof .
description
The castle has three floors and covers an area of 7.3 × 6.3 meters. It is 12 meters high and has rounded corners. A protruding round tower at the corner houses a staircase with central posts. The Tower House has a vaulted ceiling in the lowest floor and an open fireplace and a built-in wall garderobe in the upper floors. The ceilings were placed on consoles . One of the castle's defenses is a "killer hole" (opening in the ceiling through which, for example, bad luck could be poured down on the attackers) at roof level above the entrance. There are also carved heads of a king and a bishop over the entrance.
Individual evidence
- ^ The tragic history of the MacGeoghegan's of Donore Castle . In: Irish Origen . Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ Donore Castle, Co. Meath . IrelandsEye.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ Donore Castle, Meath, Ireland . In: Ed Hannon-Visions of the Past . July 22, 2013. Accessed March 21, 2019.
- ^ Donore Castle . Irish Anitquities. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ Donore Castle . In: Historic Sites of Ireland . Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ L Donore Castle Co Meath . In: Ireland in Ruins . Retrieved March 21, 2019.