1450 – The Tholsel, Carlingford, Co. Louth
The Tholsel or town-gate is the only remaining example of its nature in Carlingford and one of the few left in Ireland.
The Tholsel or town-gate is the only remaining example of its nature in Carlingford and one of the few left in Ireland.
15th century tower house built by the Knights Hospitallers of St. John.
Dalkey’s main street, Castle Street, has a two 14th Century Norman castles. The first one is known as Goat’s Castle and has been used as the Town Hall since 1869.
Merrion Castle was a medieval castle situated in present day Mount Merrion. Built in the early fourteenth century, it was from the sixteenth to the early eighteenth century the principal seat of Viscount Fitzwilliam.
The Dominicans were established in Carlingford in 1305 with the friary being dedicated to St. Malachy. Dissolved in 1540 by Henry VIII it became the centre of a repossession struggle between the Dominicans and Franciscans in the 1670s.
Skerries has a long tradition of harnessing wind and water power, and in the period 1821 to 1839 two working windmills are recorded.
The building of the nine-arched Elizabethan bridge of Athlone in 1566, was a prelude to the establishment of the presidency of Connacht in 1569.
The Wooden House, Drogheda; erected 1570 by Nicholas Bathe at the junction of Laurence and Shop streets; taken down 1824.
From The Dublin Penny Journal,
Northgate Street takes its name from a sixteenth century town gate which formed part of the Town Wall of Athlone. Built in 1578,
The Shees were a wealthy merchant family in Kilkenny in the sixteenth century much like the Rothes who built Rothe House.
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