Roebuck Castle

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Roebuck Castle
Painting of the ruins of Roebuck Castle by Gabriel Beranger (1765) [1]

Painting of the ruins of Roebuck Castle by Gabriel Beranger (1765)

Alternative name (s): Rabuck Castle,
Caisleán Reabóige
Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: destroyed and demolished
Standing position : Irish nobility
Construction: Quarry stone
Place: Rathfarnham
Geographical location 53 ° 18 '6.2 "  N , 6 ° 13' 25"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 18 '6.2 "  N , 6 ° 13' 25"  W.
Height: 36  m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference
Roebuck Castle (Ireland)
Roebuck Castle

Roebuck Castle ( Irish Caisleán Reabóige ) was a castle and property of the same name in the Irish baronates Dublin , Uppercross and Rathdown .

history

Shortly after the Anglo- Norman conquest of Ireland (from 1169), a place called "Rabuck" or "Roebuck" was first mentioned. In 1261 the estate belonged to Fromund Le Brun , Chancellor of Ireland.

A castle was built on this site in the 13th century, but it was badly damaged in the course of the Irish rebellion in 1641 . In 1765, the Dutch painter Gabriel Beranger painted the ruin that the castle has been since it was destroyed during the rebellion. Nicholas Barnewall, 14th Baron Trimlestown , sold the property to James Crofton , an employee of the Irish Treasury , in around 1800 .

In 1856 the Westby family bought the property and from 1943 to 1985 it belonged to the Congregation of Little Sisters of the Poor . It later became part of the University College Dublin campus .

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ Rabuck (Roebuck) Castle, near Mount Merrion . In: Catalog . National Library of Ireland. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. ^ A b Origins of the Belfield Campus and UCD's Period Houses Map and Guide . University College Dublin. 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2018.

Web links

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