Kilcash Castle
| Kilcash Castle | ||
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 The ruins of Kilcash Castle |
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| Creation time : | 16th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Ballydine | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 23 '52 " N , 7 ° 31' 17" W | |
| Height: | 81 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Kilcash Castle ( Irish Caisleán Chill Chaise ) is the ruin of a lowland castle on the National Road N24 just west of the village Ballydine in Irish County Tipperary . It currently belongs to the Republic of Ireland. The Butler family is associated with the area.
history
The main building of the castle is a fortified tower from the 16th century. The adjoining hall building was added later when, due to the quieter times, the defensive function was relegated to greater comfort, which can be seen in the larger windows. In the 16th century, ownership of the Kilcash reigns passed from the Wall family to the Butler von Osraige family , who sold the property to the Republic of Ireland in 1997 for £ 500.
James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven , a noted commander of the Catholic Confederates during the Irish Confederate Wars (1641-1653), visited the castle and wrote his memoirs there. His sister, Lady Frances , was married there to another Confederate commander, Richard Butler († 1701).
The castle fell into disrepair in the 19th century after part of the property was sold around 1800. During the Irish Civil War , the castle was occupied by opponents of the treaty to prevent advocates of the treaty on Clonmel . Eventually the occupiers were driven out by artillery fire from the troops under the command of General Prout , which further damaged the already dilapidated castle.
At the end of the 20th century the castle was in danger of collapse. Extensive repairs have been carried out on it since 2011 to prevent it from collapsing.
Near the castle ruins are the remains of a medieval church with a Romanesque entrance. This building was partially repaired in the 1980s and is now safe to visit. In the cemetery, the mausoleum , a building as big as the church itself, houses the graves of Archbishop Chirstopher Butler (1673–1757), Margaret, Viscountess Iveagh , († 1744), Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde , († 1773 ) and John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde , († 1795). Carefully carved scenes of the crucifixion are carved into some of the 18th century tombstones .
The lament for Kilcash
The castle is best known for the song Caoineadh Chill Chais (Irish "The Lament for Kilcash"), in which the death of Margaret Butler, Viscountess Iveagh , († 1744) is lamented after the death of her first husband with Colonel Thomas Butler from Kilcash († 1738) was married. The song is commonly attributed to Father John Lane († 1776), but the forests praised in the first verse were not sold until 1797 and 1801, long after Lane's death. The earliest manuscripts of the poem date from the mid-19th century. The first stanza reads:
- Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?
- Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár;
- níl trácht ar Chill Chais ná ar a teaghlach
- is ní chluinfear a cling go bráth.
- An áit úd a gcónaíodh an deighbhean
- fuair gradam is meidhir thar mhnáibh,
- bhíodh iarlaí ag tarraingt tar toinn ann
- is an t-aifreann binn á rá.
- What are we going to do now without wood
- Since the last of the woods has been cleared?
- There is no mention of Cill Chais and his household
- And its bells are no longer heard.
- That place where the good lady lived
- The most honorable and cheerful of women
- Earls pulled over the waves there
- And the sweet mass was once read there.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e John Flood, Phil Flood: Kilcash: A History, 1190-1801 . Geography Publications, Dublin 1999. ISBN 978-0-906602-66-9 . P. 27.
- ↑ Richard Tillinghast: Finding Ireland: a poet's explorations of Irish literature and culture . University of Notre Dame Press. P. 270. 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Jacinta Kiely: Database of Irish excavation reports - Tipperary 2007: 1685 Kilcash Castle 23263 12734 TS078-037 E2018 . Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. 2011. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved on April 29, 2019.
- ↑ Kilcash Church . In: Megalithic Ireland . Retrieved April 29, 2019.
