Dough Castle
| Dough Castle | ||
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 Ruin of Dough Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán na Duimhche | |
| Creation time : | 1306 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Lahinch | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 56 '47.9 " N , 9 ° 20' 57.6" W | |
| Height: | 3 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Dough Castle ( Irish Caisleán na Duimhche ) is the ruin of a tower house in Lahinch in County Clare, Ireland . The O'Connors had it built at the beginning of the 14th century, nothing of the original building remains today.
Location
Dough Castle is located in the Townland Dough (Irish Dumhach or Dumhach Ui Chonchuir - dt .: Sandbank of the O'Connors) in the municipality of Kilmacrehy . It lies south of the common estuary of the River Inagh and River Deleagh .
history
The castle was originally built in 1306 for the O'Connors, the Lords of Corcomroe at the time . It served as their main fortress and was located at the strategically important mouth of the River Inagh, from where one could monitor the traffic on land and water. A castle at this point was first mentioned in a document in 1422, but all parts of the building still preserved today are more recent.
In 1471 the chief was murdered by his nephew in the castle and buried at the end of today's main street from Lahinch. In memory of him, a cairn was erected and the place was named after this in Irish Gaelic: Leacht Ui Chonchuir (German: cairn of the O'Connors).
1584 The Tower House belonged to the family of Sir Donal O'Brien , of the one member, Daniel , English settlers from the rebellion of 1641 were at risk, granted "hospitable and humanitarian" shelter.
In return, Dough Castle was spared from destruction or razing by Cromwell's army . In 1654, Colonel Stubber , an officer in Cromwell's army, saved the castle from demolition, and in 1675 the full-height tower and two-story house still existed. Large windows with flat arches and lintels made of stone slabs replaced the old slotted windows.
The current ruinous condition is the result of several collapses, which are due to the location of the castle on sandbanks. One side had collapsed before 1839, and a substantial part, including the chimney, collapsed in 1883. Donn Dumhach (dt .: Donn von den Sandhügeln), a southern prince , is said to have lived on the sandbanks , who according to legend still appears in the area today. The sand hill by the bridge is also said to be haunted by ghosts today. No trace has been found of an underground passage that was supposed to be filled with treasures and which was supposed to lead from the castle to Liscannor .
today
Due to the poor foundation on sand, the castle suffered several collapses and today it is a ruin consisting of little more than the O'Briens tower on the Lahinch golf course at the confluence of the River Inagh and River Dealagh. There was another castle nearby, O'Brien's Castle , which Turlough O'Brien had built in 1588 to fight the Spaniards , nothing of this fortress remains today.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Lahinch Places of Interest. Clare County Library, accessed May 22, 2018 .
- ^ A b George Cunningham: Burren Journey West. Shannonside Mid Western Region Tourism Organization, 1980, ISBN 0-9503080-2-1 , p. 62.
- ↑ James Fraser: Hand-book for Ireland. W. Curry, Jr., 1844, p. 395 , accessed May 22, 2018 .
- ^ David Gerrard: The Hidden Places of Ireland . Travel Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-904434-10-X , pp. 46 ( google.com [accessed May 22, 2018]).
