Necarne Castle

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Necarne Castle in March 2007

Necarne Castle ( Irish Na Cairn , formerly Castle Irvine ; Caisleán an Irbhinigh ) is a castle in the townland Castle Irvine Demesne near the city of Irvinestown in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland . It is just a few miles from Lough Erne .

history

Edward Warde was one of the first builders in the Irvinestown countryside in 1610 at the time of the colonization of Ulster. Such builders then undertook the construction of a house and a bawn ( curtain wall ) on the land that the British administration left them, and only took British tenants (24 men per 4 km²) to provide the sovereigns with a number of armed men . Ward's patent was issued May 13, 1611. At that time the land was called Nakarney or Nakarna . The land changed hands a few times until Gerard Lowther acquired it in 1615.

Major George Marcus Irvine , born November 26, 1760 at Castle Irvine, married Elizabeth d'Arcy on March 31, 1788 . She was the daughter of Judge d'Arcy Irvien of Dummow Castle , County Meath . The d'Arcy Irviens from Dummow Castle were descendants of the Barons d'Arcy. Charles Cockburn d'Arcy Irvien eventually sold Necarne Castle.

Later Necarne Castle belonged to the Kennedy family . During the Second World War , the castle was used as a British and American army hospital. A small cemetery for members of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of the Atlantic was also built during this period .

Today there is a riding stable on the site.

Legend

There has always been speculation about the origin of the name Necarne . Legend has it that Hugh Roe O'Donnell , an Irish chief, was on one of his marches to discipline the O'Briens , who were cooperating with the English. Then he noticed a fortress on his left flank and ordered his men to scout it. They came back and said "Ni carn e" (Eng .: There is no building there). This is how the name Necarne came about.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Necarne Castle . In: VisitIrvinestown.co.uk . Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 21, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.visitirvinestown.co.uk
  2. ^ Irvines of the Castle Irvine - Necarne in Wartime . In: IrvineClan.com . Retrieved October 21, 2015.

Coordinates: 54 ° 27 ′ 50.4 "  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 6"  W.