Gleninagh Castle
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 Gleninagh Castle |
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| Creation time : | Early 16th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | well preserved | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Gleninagh | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 8 '15.8 " N , 9 ° 12' 21" W | |
| Height: | 5 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Gleninagh Castle ( Irish Caisleán Ghleann Eidhneach ) is a tower house with an L-shaped floor plan on a hill above Galway Bay near the village of Gleninagh (Irish Gleann Eidhneach , German "Efeutal") in the extreme northwest of the Burren in County Clare, Ireland . The castle is considered a "National Monument".
history
In 1544, King Henry VIII loaned the parish of Gleninagh to Richard Harding . In 1629 the lands of Gleninagh belonged to the bishopric of Kilfenora .
The castle had been an O'Loughlin fortress since the beginning of the 16th century . In 1570 it belonged to James Lynch of Galway . In the following centuries it changed hands several times, but eventually returned to the family, who used it until around 1840. In 1839 it is described as in good condition. A visitor reported in 1843 that it was used as a barn for the owner, a "Mr Blood". The upper part of the building was used as a pigeon house and was full of pigeons.
description
The tower covers a base area of 9.7 meters × 8.4 meters. In 1839 it was thatched.
There are four floors. The single tower with a square floor plan contains a spiral staircase. The entrance on the ground floor of the turret is protected by a machiculus far above. There are crowd watchtowers at three corners of the main tower .
A number of window openings in the end wall were later bricked up (presumably in the late 16th or early 17th century) so that they could serve as open chimneys.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gleninagh Castle . Clare Tourism Forum. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ Martin Breen: The History of Gleninagh Castle, Co. Clare . 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ Thomas L. Cooke: Autumnal Rambles about New Quay, County Clare . 1843. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ A b Hugh Carthy: Burren Archeology . The Collins Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-848891-05-0 . P. 88.
- ^ John O'Donovan: Ordnance Survey Letters . 1839. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
