Killeen Castle, County Galway
| Killeen Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán to Chillín | |
| Creation time : | 1493 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | restored and rebuilt | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Killeen | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 18 '30.3 " N , 9 ° 1' 41.1" W | |
| Height: | 19 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Killeen Castle ( Irish Caisleán to chillin ) is a lowland castle in Killeen in the town of Castlegar in Irish County Galway .
history
In 1493 the Blake family , one of the 14 tribes of Galway, built a tower house . By the 19th century it became an estate of over 40 hectares. A farm was added to the Tower House, a gatehouse was built on the N84 road and a large house was built on the hill above the gatehouse, which was set on fire in the chaos of war of 1922 and burned down.
Then a farmer from Tuam bought the property. His son sold the castle to the musician Alec Finn in the 1980s . Finn sold the castle to the German filmmaker Ralph Chirstians in the 1990s . Christians had the castle expanded and converted into a house for his family.
Web links and sources
- Killeen Castle . Castlegar. Retrieved June 10, 2013.