Leighlinbridge Castle
| Leighlinbridge Castle | ||
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 Black Castle on the River Barrow in Leighlinbridge |
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| Alternative name (s): | Black Castle | |
| Creation time : | 14th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Leighlinbridge | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 44 '9.5 " N , 6 ° 58' 40" W | |
| Height: | 41 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Leighlinbridge Castle , and Black Castle , Irish Caisleán Leithghlinn an Droichid , is a ruined castle in the village of Leighlinbridge in Ireland's County Carlow . It is on the River Barrow .
The first castle on this site was built by the Normans around 1181 . In the 1540s, Edward Bellingham had a Carmelite convent converted into a new fort. This castle is in ruins today. The 15 meter high ruins of the castle tower and one side of the surrounding wall still exist.
history
John de Clahull (or Claville ) had the castle built under Hugh de Lacy .
The original structure, together with the nine-arched bridge over the River Barrow, formed the most important landmark of the settlement. The construction of the castle, which itself created an important place, is considered to be the most important fact in the development of the village of Leighlinbridge .
The Carmelites first came to Ireland in the early 1270s and established their first priory in Leighlinbridge , near the castle. The bridge over the river was built around 1320. Another castle, White Castle , had Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare , built nearby around 1408. In 1840 there was no longer any trace of the last-named castle and it is no longer known exactly where it was.
In 1543 the priory was dissolved and in 1546 Edward Belingham had it converted into a fort with a perimeter wall. The fort became a military center for all of Leinster . Bellingham also had stables for about two dozen horses at the castle.
In 1577, Rory Oge O'More from County Laois is said to have captured the castle, which was then under the command of George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes , and destroyed part of the settlement. According to John Ryan in The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow of 1833, the castle was not captured and, although the skirmish between the invaders and defenders stretched to the gates of the castle, the former were repulsed.
During the O'Neill Rebellion of the 1590s (see Nine Years War ), the castle was repaired and garrisoned again. In 1604 George Tuchet, Lord Awdeley , received the castle from the king as a serf .
During the rebellion of 1641 , the castle was initially occupied by a garrison of the Catholic Confederation and served as a meeting place for the Marquis of Ormond in 1647 and 1649 . In 1649 the castle was taken by Colonel Hewson for Oliver Cromwell's troops.
description
In the 1840s, the remains of the castle itself consisted of a 2.1-meter-thick, four-sided enclosure wall (96 meters × 71 meters), which was enclosed on three sides by a moat and the fourth side bordered the river. The 15th century donjon was in the northwest corner, had a rectangular floor plan and was almost 15 meters high. Later the building continued to deteriorate: only one side of the enclosing wall was standing and the donjon had only one floor, supported by a single arch. There were also remains of a round tower in the southwest corner; the remains towered up to 7.3 meters and the walls were 3 meters thick.
A more modern analysis of the "Black Castle" classified it as a three-story Tower House of limestone ; the lowest floor had vaulted ceilings and the roof was supported by walls with corridors. Both the tower and the surrounding rectangular enclosure wall have loopholes and their architecture suggests a construction in the 16th century.
Individual evidence
- ^ Annales Hiberniae, edited with a translation and marginal notes by Rev. Richard Butler, MRIA . Irish Archaeological Society. September 4, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ↑ a b c d e f Leighlin Bridge . In: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland (1844-1845) . 1846. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ A b c d e Leighlin Bridge and the Black Castle . In: The Irish Penny Journal . Pp. 65-66. August 29, 1840. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ A b Patrick Burke: The Carmelites of Leighlinbridge . In: www.carmelites.ie . P. 3, 8th 2000. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ John Ryan: The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow . 1833. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ↑ Tadhg O'Keeffe: Rathnageeragh and Ballyloo: A Study of Stone Castles of probable 14th to Early 15th Century Date in County Carlow in The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . No. 117 (1987). Pp. 33, 35.
literature
- Peter Harbison : Guide to the Naional Monuments in the Republic of Ireland Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992 ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 p. 34
