Derryhiveny Castle
| Derryhiveny Castle | |
|---|---|
| Native name Irish: Caisleán Dhoire Shuibhne | |
| Derryhivenny Castle | |
  Location of Derryhiveny Castle in Ireland | |
| Type | tower house |
| Location | Derryhiveny South, Portumna, County Galway, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°07′38″N 8°11′33″W / 53.127094°N 8.192423°WCoordinates: 53°07′38″N 8°11′33″W / 53.127094°N 8.192423°W |
| Built | 1643 |
| Owner | State |
National Monument of Ireland | |
| Official name | Derryhiveny Castle[1] |
| Reference no. | 283 |
Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.[2][3]
Location[]
Derryhiveny Castle is located 4.4 km (2.7 mi) northeast of Portumna, on the west bank of the Shannon.[4][5]
History[]
The O'Madden family held the lands around Derryhivenny from c. AD 950 until the middle of the seventeenth century. On 5 February 1639, the head of the family, John O'Madden died, leaving his lands to his son, Daniel O'Madden. Daniel then set about building himself a tower house.[6]
The castle was built in 1643 by Daniel O'Madden.[7]
Its date is known from an inscription on one of its bartizan corbels: D:O'M ME:FIERI:FECIT 1643.
Description[]
Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house of four storeys. There are vaults on all four storeys.[citation needed]
The upper rooms have two- and three-mullioned windows with fireplaces, including one with a chamfered lintel, curved downwards at each end and covered by a chamfered cornice.[8][9][10]
There are also remains of a bawn, wall walk and crenellations.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
References[]
- ^ https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-galway.pdf[bare URL]
- ^ "Castles of Co. Galway". homepage.eircom.net.
- ^ Day, Catharina (22 March 2018). Ireland. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781860113277 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Madden of Derryhiveny - Burke's East Galway".
- ^ Kerrigan, Paul M. (22 March 1995). Castles and Fortifications in Ireland, 1485-1945. Collins Press. ISBN 9781898256120 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Abandoned Ireland". www.abandonedireland.com.
- ^ "Derryhiveny Castle was built in 1643 by Daniel O'Madden".
- ^ "Irish Castles, County Galway". www.irelandseye.com.
- ^ "Derryhivenny Castle Portumna County Galway Ireland". portumna.galway-ireland.ie.
- ^ "Derryhivenny Castle, County Galway". www.irelandseye.com.
- ^ Glin, Knight of; Peill, James (22 March 2018). Irish Furniture: Woodwork and Carving in Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Act of Union. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300117158 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Derryhivenny". irishantiquities.bravehost.com.
- ^ Sweetman, David (22 March 1999). Medieval Castles of Ireland. Collins Press. ISBN 9781898256755 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Emigrant Fathers, Native Sons: Shane Family of Prescott County, Ontario, Canada, 1817-1990". K.M. Adamson. 22 March 1990 – via Google Books.
- ^ Spellissy, Sean (1 January 1999). The history of Galway. Celtic Bookshop. ISBN 9780953468331 – via Google Books.
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