Monea Castle
Monea Castle ( Irish Caisleán Mhaigh Niadh ) is a ruined castle in the village of Monea ( Maigh Niadh ) in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland . It is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Castletown Monea in the District of Fermanagh and Omagh .
construction
Construction of the castle began in 1618 and seems to have been heavily Scottish influenced. It is a rectangular residential tower with three floors, a high attic and a vaulted ground floor. Two massive, semicircular towers flank the entrance and thus the short west side of the castle. On top of the towers there are consoles and stepped gables , which gives the building a Scottish appearance.
history
Monea Castle is located where a Maguire castle was before the colonization of Ulster and a crannóg is visible. The Rector of Devenish , Reverend Malcolm Hamilton , began construction in 1616. He had a bawn ( curtain wall ) built in 1622 , shortly before he became Anglican Archbishop of Cashel in 1623 .
In the Irish rebellion of 1641 the castle was attacked by Rory Maguire , who " slaughtered and murdered four Protestants " at this point . In 1688 Gustav Hamilton , the governor of Enniskillen , lived at the castle; he died in 1691. His widow and children continued to live at Monea Castle, but had to sell the property in 1704. A few decades later a fire broke out in the castle and it was no longer inhabited.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Monea Castle . In: Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments . Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
- ^ A b B. O'Neill (editor): Irish Castles and Historic Houses . Caxton Editions, London 2002. p. 17.
Web links and sources
Coordinates: 54 ° 23 ′ 34.8 " N , 7 ° 44 ′ 52.8" W.