Rathmacknee Castle
| Rathmacknee Castle | ||
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 Rathmacknee Castle with graveyard |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Ráth Mhac nAodha | |
| Creation time : | Late 15th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Killinick | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 16 '9.7 " N , 6 ° 29' 26.6" W | |
| Height: | 17 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Rathmacknee Castle ( Irish Caisleán Ráth Mhac nAodha ) is the ruin of a tower house about 6.3 km west of Rosslare in the southeast of Ireland's County Wexford . It is considered a national monument .
history
John Rosseter (also Rossiter, Rositer or Rosceter ), who was appointed Seneschal of the Liberty of Wexford around 1451 , is said to have had Rathmacknee Castle built. Other sources connect the construction of the castle to his grandson Thomas Rossiter , Seneschal in 1493. The Rossiters remained Catholic after the Reformation , but were loyal to the English monarchy and were able to keep their lands. In the Confederate Wars, Colonel Thomas Rosseter fought against Cromwell's troops in Wexford, and so in 1654 his lands were confiscated. The castle remained inhabited until the 1760s. In the 19th century, its then owner, Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan , had it restored.
description
Rathmacknee Castle is a tower house ( Irish Caiseal ) in the southeast corner of a five-sided enclosure with a crowd watchtower in the wall of the enclosure.
The building is five stories high and the parapet has Irish battlements .
At the entrance to the Tower House you can see the fortification of a drawbridge , a killer hole and stairs. In the upper rooms there are open chimneys, vaulted ceilings and lavatories .
The Tower House was placed near a ford and a holy spring dedicated to St. Martin . A church and a cemetery were to the south of it and earthworks for protection in the north.
Individual evidence
- ↑ James McGlashan: University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review . Curry. 510. July – December 1853. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ Baedeker's Ireland . Automobile Association Publishing. Pp. 303, 376. 2001. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ Rathmacnee Castle Co Wexford . In: Ireland in Ruins . Retrieved June 28, 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 . H. Colburn. P. 714, 1838. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication, as Existing in 1814-45 . A. Fullarton and Company. P. 135, 1846. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ David Sweetman: Medieval Castles of Ireland . Collins Press. S. 213. 1999. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ T0314: Castles of Leinster: Rathmacnee, Wexford . In: Geographer . Retrieved June 28, 201.
- ↑ Rathmacknee Castle Ruins, County Wexford . In: Travelmania Ireland . Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ Rathmacknee Castle, County Wexford . In: Irelandseye . Retrieved June 28, 2019.