1630 – Athlumney Castle. Co. Meath
Constructed over several centuries – the classic form of the fortified Irish tower house visible as part of the Jacobean mansion.
Constructed over several centuries – the classic form of the fortified Irish tower house visible as part of the Jacobean mansion.
The area of Muckno and Ballynalurgan was granted to Sir Edward Blayney under the Plantation of Ulster in 1607 and 1611.
John de Courcy built a castle on what is now Castle Street in the city centre in the 12th century. By the early 17th century when Sir Arthur Chichester,
Constructed in 1622 by Roland Savage, on the site of a ninth-century round tower. It was occupied until 1731, the castle is in the late medieval tower-house tradition.
“This highly picturesque ruin is situated on the Nore, about four miles from Kilkenny, and derives its name, Inchmore, or the Great Island,
The castle was built as a fortress during the early 1400s by the 7th Earl of Desmond. In the early 1600’s the castle was granted to the Southwell family who converted it to a manor house.
Originally built in 1185 by King John,
A georgian house, with extended windows and Irish-style castellations. Another view in the Lawrence Collection, in the National Library, taken in the early 20th century,
Illustrated as largely intact in 1794, the castle is now much decayed. Probably built after the previous castle was burned in 1315,
Ardfinnan Castle was originally built circa 1186 to guard the river crossing on the River Suir, seven miles west of Clonmel.