Fiddaun Castle
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.JPG) Fiddaun Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Fiodh Duin | |
| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Tubber | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 0 '38 " N , 8 ° 52' 46" W | |
| Height: | 19 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Fiddaun Castle ( Irish Caisleán Fiodh Duin , dt. "Forest of the fort") is a tower house in the village Tubber in Irish County Galway near the border with County Clare . Listed as a National Monument, the castle is located between Lough Doo and Lough Aslaun .
history
Fiddaun Castle is a mid-16th century tower house in the Baronate Kiltartan of the former kingdom of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne , one of the O'Shaughnessy castles.
It was probably built at the behest of Sir Roger Gilla Dubh Ó Seachnasaigh ( O'Shaughnessy ) as he was the first nobleman to be recorded as living there and the castle was not known before his time.
Today the Tower House is best known for its well-preserved inner enclosure wall. It is on private property and is maintained by the Office of Public Works .
literature
- Peter Harbison : Guide to the Naional Monuments in the Republic of Ireland Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992 ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 p. 91
Individual evidence
- ^ D. Roche: The Clare Guide . Bord Failte. P. 15.
- ^ Jerome Fahey: The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh . MH Gill & Son. P. 253, 1893. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
