O1131 : Castles of Leinster: Drimnagh, Dublin (1)

taken 11 years ago, near to Bluebell, Dublin, Ireland

Castles of Leinster: Drimnagh, Dublin (1)
Castles of Leinster: Drimnagh, Dublin (1)
In the grounds of a school is a wet moat in front of an embattled wall that encloses a court that is entered on the east side through a 16th century tower. Adjoining it to the north is a C14 hall block having Dutch gables surmounted by chimneys suggesting a late-C17 date.

The Barnewalls held the castle from the early C13 until 1606 when it reverted to the Crown. Sir Adam Loftus leased the hall until it passed to Philip Ferneley in the 1650s, followed by the Barnewalls of Breamore who leased it from 1677 to 1718. It was then held by the Ennis family, followed by the Kavanaghs in the C19, and the Hatch family who gave it to the Cistercians in 1954. Presumably it became a school after the monks left in 1958, and after extensive renovations in 1986.

O1131 : Castles of Leinster: Drimnagh, Dublin (2)
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Mike Searle   (find more nearby)
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Monday, 16 September, 2013   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
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Historic sites and artefacts  Construction, Development  Defence, Military 
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Irish: geotagged! O 1113 3179 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:19.4967N 6:19.9748W
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Irish: geotagged! O 1115 3178
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