Glinsk Castle

Glinsk Castle
	Glinsk Castle
Alternative name (s):	Caisleán Ghlinsce
Creation time :	from 1628
Castle type :	Niederungsburg (Tower House)
Conservation status:	ruin
Standing position :	Irish nobility
Construction:	Quarry stone
Place:	Glinsk
Geographical location	53 ° 39 '7.2 " N , 8 ° 25' 54.8" W Coordinates: 53 ° 39 '7.2 " N , 8 ° 25' 54.8" W.
Height:	65 m ASL

Glinsk Castle ( Irish Caisleán Ghlinsce ) is a ruined tower house in the village Glinsk in Irish County Galway . It is halfway between the villages of Creggs and Ballymoe in the Suck Valley . The castle ruins are considered a national monument .

history

Glinsk Castle was built in the middle of the 17th century (construction started around 1628) and is believed to be the last castle to be built in Ireland. It was the seat of the Barons Burke of Glinsk. Soon after it was built, the castle burned down and was henceforth a well-preserved ruin. In 1829 the Irish writer Skeffington Gibbon described the castle as "a terrible, roofless pile, ravaged by a colony of rats".

description

The castle ruins from a different angle

The Tower House stands on a raised limestone plateau. It overlooks all of Connacht's five counties : Galway , Mayo , Sligo , Leitrim and Roscommon .

The castle has a rectangular plan. Two towers protrude on the south side. It has two chimneys, each with five puffs. The windows are coupled and have mourning figures. On defense establishments has Glinsk Castle loopholes , crowd watchtowers and high foundations. Originally it was surrounded by an enclosure wall with tourelles , but little of it has survived today.

Individual references and comments

↑ Looped Walks: Glinsk Castle Loop . In: Discover Ireland . Failte Ireland. 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
↑ This statement depends on the definition of a castle. So was z. B. built around 1870 Glenveagh Castle .
^ Glinsk Castle, Williamstown . In: Williamstown, Galway, Ireland . 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
^ Skeffington Gibbon: The Recollections of Skeffington Gibbon, from 1796 to the Present Year 1829: Being an Epitome of the Lives and Characters of the Nobility and Gentry of Roscommon; the Genealogy of Those who are Descended from the Kings of Connaught; and a Memoir of the Late Madame O'Conor Don . J. Blundell. October 15, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

[DiscoverIreland-1] Looped Walks: Glinsk Castle Loop . In: Discover Ireland . Failte Ireland. 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

[Bemerkung1-2] This statement depends on the definition of a castle. So was z. B. built around 1870 Glenveagh Castle .

[Williamstown-3] Glinsk Castle, Williamstown . In: Williamstown, Galway, Ireland . 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

[Gibbon-4] Skeffington Gibbon: The Recollections of Skeffington Gibbon, from 1796 to the Present Year 1829: Being an Epitome of the Lives and Characters of the Nobility and Gentry of Roscommon; the Genealogy of Those who are Descended from the Kings of Connaught; and a Memoir of the Late Madame O'Conor Don . J. Blundell. October 15, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2018.