Reply To: Revamp of King John’s Castle

Seventeenth-century drawing from Pacata Hibernia

A. Three round towers that beare Ordinance.
B. The new bulwarck capable of 5 or 6 great peeces.
C. The storehoufe.
D. The Drawbridge.
E. The Ditche. (E = denotes also east)
F. A Saly porte.
G. parte of the Townewall.
H. The bridge ouer into Towmond.
I. Dores into the tower.
K. an aßcent by staires to the footepath on y wall.
L. a Slope aßcent to y Platforme on y bulwarck.

There is a lot of interesting reading to be found on the local studies site of the city library.

See http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/LocalStudiesFiles/K/KingJohnsCastle/

The newspaper clippings from the 1960s to the present day, document City Halls aspirations for the castle (i.e. tourist attraction).

Any new developments here?