Grallagh Castle
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 Grallagh Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán na Greallaí | |
| Creation time : | Late 15th or early 16th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Horse and Jockey | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 35 '41.2 " N , 7 ° 46' 16.5" W | |
| Height: | 120 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Grallagh Castle ( Irish Caisleán na Greallaí ) is the ruin of a Tower House in Town Country Grallagh ( At Ghreallach , "the swamp") 2.5 km south of the village Horse and Jockey in Irish County Tipperary . The castle ruins next to a bridge over a tributary of the Suir is a national monument .
history
Grallagh Castle dates from the late 15th or early 16th century and was associated with the Butler family. James Butler, 10th Baron of Dunboyne , bequeathed the castle to his son Peter in 1533 . In the 18th century it belonged to the Mansergh family . Today the ruin belongs to the Office of Public Works .
description
The four-storey tower with steeply sloping foundation walls is now partially ruined and surrounded by the remains of a fence, with about 30 meters of the wall remaining.
There are crowd watch towers at the northeast and southwest corners . The entrance is in the western wall, possibly with a killer hole.
The ground floor has loopholes and a barrel vaulted ceiling . A staircase set into the wall leads to the upper floors. There are a few double windows with window seats and sinks. An open fireplace and a lavatory bay are built into each of the upper floors .
Individual evidence
- ^ Journal Contents . The Butler Society. 2017. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved on May 17, 2019.
- ↑ James Fairbairn: Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland . Genealogical Publishing Com. June 1, 1993. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ Sir Bernhard Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland . Harrison. January 1, 1863. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ↑ Grallagh Castle . Tipperary Tourism. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ↑ Grallagh Castle Co. Tipperary . In: Ireland in Ruins . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ↑ Grallagh Castle . In: Irish Antiquities . Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ↑ S1549: Castles of Munster: Grallagh, Tipperary . In: Geographer; © Mike Searle . Retrieved May 17, 2019.