Raphoe Castle
| Raphoe Castle | ||
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 Ruin of Raphoe Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Bishop's Palace | |
| Creation time : | 1630s | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish clergy | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Raphoe | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 52 '21.6 " N , 7 ° 35' 49.2" W | |
| Height: | 68 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Raphoe Castle (also Bishop's Palace ,, Irish Caisleán Ráth Bhoth ) is the ruin of a lowland castle on the outskirts of Raphoe in Ireland's County Donegal .
history
The castle was built in the 1630s for The Rt. Rev. Dr. John Leslie , Anglican Bishop of Raphoe , built from the stones of a round tower . Bishop Leslie was besieged at the castle during the 1641 Rebellion until he was freed by the Laggan Army . Leslie came under siege again, during the reconquest of Ireland ; the castle was handed over to the besiegers in 1650.
Supporters of the Anglo-Scottish King James II and James VII damaged Raphoe Castle in the War of the Two Kings in 1689 . A century later, in 1789, the castle was attacked again, this time by the United Irishmen , three of whom were killed in the 1798 Rebellion . In 1838 the castle was destroyed by a fire.
Individual evidence
- ^ Alistair Rowan: The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (also called Pevsner Guide to North West Ulster ). Yale University Press, London 2003 (first publication: Penguin, London 1979). P. 469.
- ^ Willie Cumming, Duncan McLaren, TJ O'Meara: An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Donegal . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH), Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin, 2014. p. 24.
- ^ Damien Noonan: Castles & Ancient Monuments of Ireland . Aurum Press, 2001. p. 146.
