1600s – St. Leger’s Castle, Ardee, Co. Louth
One of two castles on the main street and known locally as the Court House,
One of two castles on the main street and known locally as the Court House,
Work began on the Augustinian foundation in Galway in the early 1500s.
The house in Lower Abbeygate Street was derelict in 1905 and was about to be demolished when the Galway Archeological and Historical Society rescued it and had it removed carefully to Eyre Square where it became the entrance into the park.
John de Courcy built a castle on what is now Castle Street in the city centre in the 12th century.
Endowed by Sir Richard Boyle to house six old soldiers, who were to receive a pension of £5 per annum.
A semi-fortified house that was built before 1618 by Richard de Burgo,
Illustration one of the series of sketches contributed by E. W.
Lord Deputy Sir Arthur Chichester enclosed Carrickfergus with stone walls from 1611 onwards and more than half the circuit is still visible,
Monea Castle is situated where a Maguire castle would have been based prior to the Plantation and a crannog is still visible alongside.
Castle Caldwell was built between 1612 and 1619, during the time of the Plantation of Ulster,