Dunkerron Castle

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Dunkerron Castle
Ruin of Dunkerron Castle

Ruin of Dunkerron Castle

Alternative name (s): Caisleán Dhún Ciaráin
Creation time : 13th century (Tower House)
16th century (Courtyard)
Castle type : Niederungsburg (Tower House)
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Irish nobility
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Templenoe
Geographical location 51 ° 52 '32 "  N , 9 ° 37' 15"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 52 '32 "  N , 9 ° 37' 15"  W.
Height: 20  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Dunkerron Castle (Ireland)
Dunkerron Castle

Dunkerron Castle ( Irish Caisleán Dhún Ciaráin ) is the ruin of a tower house in the Civil Parish Templenoe near Kenmare in County Kerry, Ireland . The Niederungsburg had been the seat of the O'Sullivan family since the end of the 16th century .

history

The four-story Tower House was built on a limestone cliff in the 13th century as a fortress for the Norman Carew family . Various younger parts of the building, e.g. B. the inner courtyard, date from the end of the 16th century, when Owen O'Sullivan "Chief of the Name" (clan chief ) assumed the title "O'Sullivan Mór" ( Ó Súilleabháin Mór ). The inscription on a plaque from 1596 shows the castle's association with the O'Sullivan Mór and McCarthy Reagh families . For some time Dunkerron Castle was the family seat of the O'Sullivan Mór.

During the 17th century, the main family residence of the O'Sullivan Mór was relocated to nearby Cappanacush Castle , and the archaeologist Samuel Lewis noted that both castles were "legendarily defended" by their owners during the O'Sullivan Mór the reconquest of Ireland in the middle of the 17th century. Following this conflict, the O'Sullivan's lands and castles at Dunkerron and Cappancush were confiscated under the Settlement Act of 1652 and given to a Cromwell supporter, William Petty . Subsequent efforts by the O'Sullivans to get their lands back were unsuccessful.

In the 19th century, the castle and courtyard are shown on maps as "ruins" and a Victorian mansion , Dunkerron House , was built on the property around this time.

Text from a tablet dated 1596 and ascribing certain work on the castle to Owen O'Sullivan Mór and his wife Sily Ni Donogh MacCarthy Reagh

Nobility title

One of the last members of a branch of the O'Sullivans was Donal O'Sullivan , who died on April 16, 1754, childless and without an heir. His title "Prince of Dunkerron" expired with his death. Although the British monarchy gave the Irish peerage of Baron Dunkeron to John Petty . This title of nobility, which was bestowed on Petty, had no connection with the original title of native Irish nobility.

Individual references and comments

  1. ^ Gary B. O'Sullivan: The Oak and Serpent . 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  2. ^ A b c Friar O'Sullivan (Muckross Abbey): Ancient History of the Kingdom of Kerry . In: Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society . 1898. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  3. ^ The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry . Cork University Press. 1996. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  4. ^ Colin Breen: An Archeology of Southwest Ireland, 1570-1670 . Four Courts Press. 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  5. ↑ John Windele: Dunkerron Castle in the Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society . Issue 2. Edition 2. 1859. pp. 292–301.
  6. ^ A b William Betham: The Baronetage of England (...) . Miller. 1805. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ George V. Du Noyer: Notes Sculptures and an Inscription Carved on a Chimney-Piece Preserved in the Building Attached to Dunkerron Castle in Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society . Issue 2. Edition 2. 1859. pp. 290–292.
  8. ^ The O'Sullivan Clan - History of the Clan . BearaTourism.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  9. ^ Geoffrey Keating: History of Ireland . 1723. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  10. ↑ The History of Cappanacush Castle . Templenoe.net. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  11. ^ Samuel Lewis: Topographical Dictionary of Ireland . 1837. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  12. ↑ NMS Database - Entry for Dunkerron (ref # KE092-026 ----) . In: Historic Environment Viewer . National Monuments Service (NMS). Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  13. ^ OSI - Historical Mapping - 25 "B&W Series - Dunkerron . Ordnance Survey of Ireland. 1897–1913. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  14. ↑ Dunkerron House . Dunkerron.ie. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  15. ↑ Dunkerron House . In: Landed Estates Database . NUI Galway. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  16. ↑ Brother O'Sullivan's 1896 article in the Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society claims this plaque was placed over the fireplace.
  17. ^ Friar O'Sullivan of Muckross Abbey, F. Jarlath Pendergast (editor): Ancient History of the Kingdom of Kerry . In: Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, Issue 4, No. 40 . 1898. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  18. ↑ A later correction of the article states that the plaque was placed over a well on the property.
  19. ↑ Notes for the Article: 'Ancient History of the Kingdom of Kerry' . Clan MacCarthy Society. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  20. ↑ a b John O'Hart: Irish pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation . 1892. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  21. ↑ John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne, 1st Baron Dunkeron . ThePeerage.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  22. ↑ John Perry was High Sheriff of Kerry from 1732 and a descendant of William Petty, to whom the lands had been given after their confiscation after the reconquest of Ireland.