Conna Castle
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| Built | 1560–1561 |
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Official name | Conna Castle |
| Reference no. | 240[1] |
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Conna Castle (Irish: Caisleán Chonaithe)[2] is a 16th century tower house located near Conna in County Cork, Ireland.
History
16th century
Conna Castle is situated in County Cork on the River Bride, a tributary of the River Blackwater, roughly six miles west of Tallow, County Waterford. It was erected on land owned by the Earls of Desmond, which they acquired in the 1460s.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The land was granted to Thomas Script error: No such module "Lang". fitz James FitzGerald, the illegitimised son of James fitzGerald, the 13th Earl of Desmond. Though it appears to be of 14th or 15th century construction,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. in reality it was built by Thomas Script error: No such module "Lang". in the mid-sixteenth century, likely between 1560 and 1561.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. James fitzThomas fitzGerald, known as the Script error: No such module "Lang". Earl, was the last of the fitzGerald's to reside in Conna Castle.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. James fitzThomas briefly took a leading role in the Nine Years War, before being captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London, which marked the end of the reign of the Earls of Desmond.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
17th century
The castle was captured by James Tuchet, the 3rd Earl of Castlehaven in 1645.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. In 1653, the castle was burned in an accidental fire.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
19th century
The castle entered state care in the 19th century.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. It's donation to the Local Government Board of Ireland by Alfred G.K. L'Estrange was the first bequest of its kind in the history of the state.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
20th century – present
During the 1980s and 1990s, Conna Castle was used as an outdoor concert venue. The castle was closed to the public by the Office of Public Works in 2015 to carry out restorative works, and it remains closed as of March 2022. Local politicians have spoken out against the length of the closure.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Architecture
Conna castle is a tower house style castle.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. It is five storeys tall, and largely intact. To the northwest of the castle stand the remains of a corner tower and a bawn.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
References
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Monuments of County Cork in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 2. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Caisleán Chonaithe/Conna Castle". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
Sources
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Coleman, James (30 September 1915a). "Conna Castle". The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. 5 (3): 172–173. ISSN 0035-9106.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.— (1915b). "Conna Castle" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 21 (107): 129–131.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hallinan, Mona; Nelligan, Conor; Sleeman, Mary, eds. (2017). Heritage Castles of County Cork. Cork: Cork County Council; Heritage Unit. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-0-9935969-3-3.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Keohane, Frank (2020). The Buildings of Ireland: Cork City and County. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-0300 224870.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ó Murchadha, Diarmuid (2011). "Kinnatalloon: its original Irish name" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 116: 81–85.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.O’Riordan, Sean (27 March 2022). "Once-famous Cork 'gig' castle closed to public 'for too long'". The Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Conna Castle, County of Cork". The Dublin Penny Journal. 3 (138): 268–269. 21 February 1835. JSTOR 30002994.
