Feartagar Castle

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Feartagar Castle
Feartagar Castle

Feartagar Castle

Alternative name (s): Caisleán Fhearta Ghearr
Jennings Castle
Creation time : 15-17 century
Castle type : Niederungsburg (Tower House)
Conservation status: well preserved
Standing position : Irish nobility
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Kilconly
Geographical location 53 ° 34 '10.8 "  N , 8 ° 56' 33.6"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 34 '10.8 "  N , 8 ° 56' 33.6"  W.
Height: 49  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Feartagar Castle (Ireland)
Feartagar Castle

Feartagar Castle (also Jennings Castle called Irish Caisleán Fhearta Ghearr ) is a Tower House km on a hill east of the village about 2.3 Kilconly and about 8.4 km northwest of Tuam in Ireland's County Galway . Feartagar Castle is considered a National Monument .

history

The Tower House was built between the 15th and 17th centuries for the De Burgos family (also Burkes or de Búrca ). These were descendants of William de Burgh (approx. 1160–1205 / 1206), an Anglo-Norman knight and close friend of King John of England , and ruled Connacht for centuries . In 1651, when Ireland was retaken , they were expropriated. The castle later fell into the hands of the Blakes of Tuam, and then into the hands of the Jennings .

description

Entrance gate
Crowd watchtowers

Feartagar Castle has five floors and a floor area of ​​12 meters by 10 meters. There is a crowd watchtower on every corner , a machiculus over the entrance gate and a lavatory bay . The first floor has a vaulted ceiling and there are two stone stairs in the castle.

literature

Web links

Commons : Feartagar Castle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Feartagar Castle . In: irishantiquities.bravehost.com . Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ Feartagar Castle . In: historicsitesofireland.blogspot.ie . Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  3. ^ Castles of Co. Galway . In: homepage.eircom.net . Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  4. ^ Sean Spellissy: The history of Galway . Celtic Bookshop. January 1, 1999. Accessed December 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Plantagenet Somerset Fry: Castles of Britain and Ireland: The Ultimate Reference Book with Over 1,350 Gazetteer Entries . David & Charles. March 18, 1996. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ Rae Edwin: Feartagar Castle, Castle Grove, County Galway . February 2, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ Feartagar Castle, Castle Grove, County Galway (ID: e% 3A2262% 2F13596) . In: discovery.dho.ie . Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  8. ^ Plantagenet Fry: Castles: England + Scotland + Ireland + Wales . David & Charles. October 15, 2005. Retrieved on December 10, 2018.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / books.google.ie  
  9. ↑ Feartagar Castle Jennings Castle Castle Grove near Tuam County Galway . In: tuam.galway-ireland.ie . Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  10. ↑ Stock Photo - 15th C Feartagar Castle, known locally as Jennings Castle, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Once a Burke stronghold, abandoned . In: Alamy website . Alamy Ltd .. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  11. ↑ a b Jenning's Castle, Castlegrove, Co. Galway . In: irisharchaeology.ie . Irish archeology. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  12. ↑ Feartagar Castle . Megalith Ireland. Retrieved December 10, 2018.