Moycarkey Castle
| Moycarkey Castle | ||
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 Ruin of Moycarkey Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Mhaigh Chairce | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Moycarky | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 37 '34.6 " N , 7 ° 47' 24.1" W | |
| Height: | 109 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Moycarkey Castle ( Irish Caisleán Mhaigh Chairce ) is the ruin of a Tower House in Town Country Moycarky in Irish County Tipperary . It is located within a rectangular enclosure with round flanking towers on the northeast and southwest corners. The entrance to the Tower House is secured by a double killer hole.
history
The castle was the central fortress of the Cantwell family , lords of the Ormonde butlers who also owned castles elsewhere, e.g. As a village Mellisson in Baronat Slieve Ardagh . An Edmund Cantwell of Moycarkey Castle had a daughter, Catherine , who married the Hon. John Butler , son of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret . A William Cantwell is listed as the owner for 1640.
In 1889, Bassett's register of the county notes that “[the castle] has a large square tower and a tall surrounding wall. A crack in the tower was caused by lightning over a hundred years ago, ”and that the ruins were on the estate of a John Max .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Willie Nolan: Mellison . In: Slieveardagh - Ireland's Hidden Corner . Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ John Burke: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honors . P. 122, 1835. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ George Henry Bassett: The Book of County Tipperary (Reprinted: County Tipperary 100 years ago: a guide and directory, 1889) . P. 394, 1889 (1991). Retrieved May 21, 2019.
