Rathumney Castle
| Rathumney Castle | ||
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 The interior of Rathumney Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Ráth Omnaí | |
| Creation time : | Early 13th century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Hallenhaus) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Campile | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 17 '43 " N , 6 ° 52' 28" W | |
| Height: | 52 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Rathumney Castle ( Irish Caisleán Ráth Omnaí ) is the ruin of a traditional hall house about 4.6 km east of the village of Campile in the south of the Irish county of Wexford . It is considered a national monument .
history
Rathumney Castle is actually not a castle , but a traditional hall house and is said to have been built for the Prendergasts (descendants of Maurice de Prendergast ) at the beginning of the 13th century. It served as the Cistercian grangie of the nearby Tinternparva Abbey . The Barry family leased the grangie in the 14th and 15th centuries. This was customary at the time because the Cistercians had fewer lay brothers and the grangia were free of tithe .
After it was confiscated by Oliver Cromwell's troops , Rathumney Castle was no longer leased. Later owners were the Alcocks , the Colcloughs and the Prendergasts ; the current landowners are the Foleys . They claim that King James II of England and James VII of Scotland stayed at Rathumney Castle on July 2, 1690, before moving on to Duncannon Fort and then moving to France , from where he never returned.
description
In the middle of the building was a two-story hall with open chimneys, tall windows and doors. The ground floor contained kitchens, servants' quarters and storage rooms, while the upper floor was reserved for the noble family. The house was built from granite , mudstone and conglomerate . All interior walls and stones have been removed. The house covers an area of 146.1 m². The house is surrounded by an enclosure and a tower on the southeast corner is equipped with a staircase and a lavatory .
Individual evidence
- ^ Margaret McCord, Graham Rigby: Tower houses and ten pound castles . P. Crannog. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ Clare Genealogy: The O'Davorens of Cahermacnaughten, Burren, Co. Clare: Notes . Clare County Library. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ Rathumney Castle - Rathumney Hall-House . Megalithic Ireland. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ Cistercian Grange at Rathumney, County Wexford, Ireland . In: Cistercian Archeology Web Site . Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ Lucy Archer, Edwin Smith: Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 600-1500 . Harvill Press. P. 410, 463. 1999. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ Archaeologia Cambrensis . W. Pickering. P. 243, 1912. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ Rathumney Castle . In: Irish Antiquities . Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ↑ S7616: Castles of Leinster: Rathumney, Wexford (1) . In: Geographer . Retrieved June 28, 2019.