Galtee Castle

Drawing of Galtee Castle around 1895

Galtee Castle ( Irish Caisleán na nGaibhlte ) was a large country house in the townland Skeheenarinky at the foot of the Galtee Mountains , about 10 km northeast of Mitchelstown in Ireland's County Tipperary .

history

Origins

Originally a hunting lodge for Robert King , 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754–1799) was built on this site around 1780 . The 3rd Earl (1771–1839) had this rebuilt around 1825.

In the 1850s, debt forced the Kings to sell large parts of their land holdings, including the hunting lodge and around 8,000 acres of surrounding land. This became a new property, most of which was leased to farmers.

The building was remodeled and expanded around 1892 when Abel Buckley inherited the property from his brother Nathaniel Buckley , who had bought it as sole owner in 1873.

demolition

The Irish Land Commission , a state agency, bought the property in the late 1930s; after dividing the land between afforestation and farmers, the house was put up for sale. The Land Commission accepted an offer from Ms. Tobin of Glanworth , County Cork , who said he wanted to use the blocks and roofing to build a new church in his parish. The building was demolished and dismantled around 1941.

Today very little remains on the site of the former house; only parts of the lower foundations can still be seen. Nearby are some of the estate's farmhouses and two gatehouses . The woods and paths around the property were developed as a public recreation area called Galtee Castle Woods .

Individual evidence

↑ Bill Power: White Knights, Dark Earls: The Rise and Fall of an Anglo-Irish Dynasty . Collins. 2000. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b Report of the arguments in the Court of Queen's Bench on showing cause against the conditional order for a criminal information against John Sarsfield Casey at the prosecution of Patten Smith Bridge: with the judgments of the judges . November 25th-19th December 1876. Central Tenants Defense Committee, Dublin 1877.
↑ Frederick O'Dwyer: A Noble Pile in the Late Tudor Style: Mitchelstown Castle in Irish Arts Review Yearbook . Issue 18. 2002.

Web links

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

Galtee Castle Woods . In: Discover Ireland - Things to do . Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2019.

52.32166667 -8.173888889Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′ 18 ″ N , 8 ° 10 ′ 26 ″ W.

[Power-1] Bill Power: White Knights, Dark Earls: The Rise and Fall of an Anglo-Irish Dynasty . Collins. 2000. Retrieved May 16, 2019.

[CDTC-2] Report of the arguments in the Court of Queen's Bench on showing cause against the conditional order for a criminal information against John Sarsfield Casey at the prosecution of Patten Smith Bridge: with the judgments of the judges . November 25th-19th December 1876. Central Tenants Defense Committee, Dublin 1877.

[ODwyer-3] Frederick O'Dwyer: A Noble Pile in the Late Tudor Style: Mitchelstown Castle in Irish Arts Review Yearbook . Issue 18. 2002.