Oranmore Castle

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Oranmore Castle
Oranmore Castle

Oranmore Castle

Alternative name (s): Caisleán Órán Mór
Creation time : 15th century
Castle type : Niederungsburg (Tower House)
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Irish nobility
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Oranmore
Geographical location 53 ° 16 '5.9 "  N , 8 ° 56' 6.7"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 16 '5.9 "  N , 8 ° 56' 6.7"  W.
Height: 4  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Oranmore Castle (Ireland)
Oranmore Castle

Oranmore Castle ( Irish Caisleán Oran Mór ) is a ruined castle in Oranmore in Ireland's County Galway .

history

Oranmore Castle was believed to have been built sometime around the 15th century, possibly on the foundations of an older castle. The Clanricardes , a well-known Galway family , used the castle as a fortress. In March 1642, the settlement of Oranmore joined the Confederation of Ireland in a rebellion against which the 1st Marquess and 5th Earl of Clanricarde fought. Lord Clanricarde supplied Fort Galway by sea until 1643, when the Governor of Galway, Captain Willoughby , surrendered without the Lord's approval.

In the meantime, the Clanricards lost ownership of the castle, but the 6th Earl regained it and leased Oranmore Castle in 1666 to Walter Athy , whose descendants lived there until 1853. Then the castle was abandoned and left to wind and weather.

The castle received a new roof after Anita Leslie bought the derelict building for £ 200 in 1947.

description

Oranmore Castle is a tower house with a rectangular floor plan and four stories. It has a stair tower and loopholes on the bottom floor.

In film and television

Oranmore Castle appeared on March 23, 2001 in the American television series The Scariest Places on Earth . There was also recordings for the film Alfred the Great - Vanquisher of the Vikings . It was also used as the setting for the episode Eye for an Eye in the Irish crime series Jack Taylor .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Oranmore Castle - History . Oranmore Castle. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Brian Furey: Oranmore Maree: a history of a cultural and social heritage 1991, p. 43 (accessed December 19, 2018).
  3. ↑ a b Historic Houses and Castles: Oranmore Castle . Discover Ireland. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Wartime submarine commander and adventurer turns 100 . In: Galway News . June 25, 2010. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved on December 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ Mark Bence-Jones: Burke's Guide to Country Houses . Burke's Peerage. 1978. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Oranmore Castle . In: Lost in Ireland 2005 . Phouka. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ Oranmore Catle - film location . Oranmore Castle. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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