Castles

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General

• The Ancient Castles of the County of Limerick by Thomas Johnson Westropp, Proceedings of The Royal Irish Academy, volume XXVI, 1906-1907 

• Extract re Limerick from ‘Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland’ by Peter Harbison, 1992, p.214-228

• When is a castle not a castle? A quick survey of our heritage by Martin Byrnes, Limerick Leader 3/2/1992, p4

• The Manor of Medieval and early modern Ireland, by J. Lyttleton & T. O'Keeffe, p1 -39 

• Indeed a Town of Castles; the Castles of Limerick City by Brian Hodkinson, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 51 (2011)

• Extensive new research records county's many medieval castles, Limerick Leader 30/06/2018, p20

Adare Castle

• Drawing, A S.W. view of Adair Castle, ‘An eighteenth century antiquary, Austin Cooper’, plate 24 (text from p.18)
• Photograph, Desmond Castle and Franciscan Friary, Adare, ‘The Way That I Went’ by Robert L. Praeger

• This one’s for keeps: Adare Castle restored, Limerick Leader 24/5/2008, p6 (County ed.)

 

Askeaton Castle

• Extract from ‘Castles of Ireland’ by Brian de Breffny, 1977, p 34 (ill., p35)  

• Photograph, The two-storeyed hall of Askeaton Castle, mid-15^th C., ‘Irish Art and Architecture’ by Harbison, Potterton & Sheehy, p104

• Castle a true fit for the Earls, Limerick Leader 07/04/2018, p3

Baggotstown Castle

• Illustration, ‘Ordnance Survey Letters, vo. I’, 1840 by John O’Donovan, inter. p36/7

Ballingarry Castle

• Extract from ‘Castles of Ireland’ by Brian de Breffny, 1977, p 38 (ill., p39)  

Ballygrennan Castle

• Illustration, ‘Ordnance Survey Letters, vol. II’, 1840 by John O’Donovan

• Castle ruins connect to a terrible history, Limerick Post 16/06/2018, p38

Ballyscadane Castle

• Short description, ‘Limerick, The Rich Land’ by Spellissy & O’Brien, 1989, p214-215

Beagh Castle

• Photograph, Sunset at Beagh Castle, Limerick Chronicle 26/2/2013, p14

Bourchier’s Castle

•  Photograph, ‘History Ireland, vol. 4 no. 1, Spring 1996’, p11
• Photograph, ‘Lough Gur Amenity & Tourism Survey’ by N. Lichfield & Associates  

Bourke’s Castle, Athlunkard Street

• Description from series Photonotes of old Limerick by Séamus Ó Cinnéide, Limerick Leader 20/11/1982, p13 
• Burke’s Castle, Athlunkard Street – Photograph, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991, p51

Caherelly Castle

• The Romance of Caherelly Castle by James Grene Barry, Journal of The Limerick Field Club vol 3. no. 11, 1907

Cappagh Castle

• Description from ‘Cooper’s Ireland: Drawings and Notes by an 18^th century Gentleman’, ed. By Peter Harbison  

Carrigogunnell Castle

• Illustration, ‘The Antiquities of Ireland, vol. II’ by F. Grose, 1795, p28   

• Illustration, ‘Researches in the South of Ireland’ by T. C. Croker

• Photograph, ‘The Mungret Annual’, 1907-1911, p118

• Photograph, ‘The Capuchin Annual’, 1942

• Photograph, The ruins of Carrigogunnell, ‘Counttry Life Picture Book of Ireland’, plate 28

• Photograph, ‘In Ruins: The Once Great Houses of Ireland’ by Simon Marsden & Duncan McLaren, p18 & 19

• Carrig O Gunnell and its story, Limerick Leader 18/7/2009, p27 (re-print from Limerick Leader 29/7/1935) 

• History and science met at Carrig-o-Gunnell Castle, Limerick Chronicle 19/6/1965, p3

• Carrigogunnell Castle origins date back to the 12th century, Limerick Leader 21/12/2013, p16 [Leader 2]

Castleconnell Castle

• Photograph, Castleconnell Ruins, ‘A New Popular and Practical Guide to Limerick…’, 1895, p65

• Drawing, ‘Old Limerick Journal no. 23’, p28

• Drawing, ‘Old Limerick Journal no. 23’, p56

Castle Garde

• Extract from ‘Castles of Ireland’ by Brian de Breffny, 1977, p74-75

• Was Castlegarde a Walled Town? by Brian Hodkinson, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 50 (2010) 

Castle Matrix

• Extract from ‘Castles of Ireland’ by Brian de Breffny, 1977, p82 (ill., p83)  

• American buys Castle Matrix: army colonel new owner…, Limerick Leader 14/7/1962, p11 

• Castlematrix, Limerick Leader 7/8/1965, p9 

• Castle Matrix knew Raleigh and Spencer, Limerick Chronicle 17/10/1970, p5

• Among the ghosts of Raleigh and Spenser, Limerick Leader 25/7/1992, p6

Castle Oliver

• Extract from ‘Castles of Ireland’ by Brian de Breffny, 1977, p84 (ill., p85)  

• Ardpatrick’s Castle Oliver restored to its former splendour, Limerick Leader 19/7/2008, p17

• Cormacks live their dream in Castle Oliver, Limerick Leader 19/7/2008, p2 (Leader 2)

• 'Idyllic' castle in the county on the market for 3 million, Limerick Leader 23/2/2013, p8

• Twists and tales of Castle Oliver revealed as hundreds go on tour, Limerick Leader 31/8/2013, p6

Castle Ryves

• Castle Ryves, or Castlejane – Extract from ‘Ordnance Survey Letters, vol. I’, 1840 by John O’Donovan

Castle Troy

• Extract from ‘A collection of drawings of the principal antique buildings of Ireland’ by Gabriel Beranger, 1998, p110 (ill., p111)  

• What’s in a name…Castletroy by Kevin Hannan, Limerick Christmas Gazette, 1993, p45

• Owner threatens to blow up castle, Limerick Leader 29/9/1984, p4

Clarina Castle

• Photograph (poor quality) and caption, Home is a castle, Limerick Chronicle 20/7/1968, p7

Croom Castle

•  Photograph, ‘Maigueside Journal’, 1998, p

Cullum Castle

• Illustration, ‘The Antiquities of Ireland vol. II’ by F. Grose, 1795, p70  

•  Fears for Cullum Castle ruins, Limerick Post 13/5/2006, p24

De Burgo Castle, Castleconnell

• Photograph, ‘Portrait of Limerick’ by Mainchín Seoighe, p

Desmond Castle, Newcastle West

• Reconstructing the Earl of Desmonds Castle, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick by Dan Tietzsch Tyler

• Newcastle West is full of history and tourism, Limerick Leader 11/10/2008, p20

• Extract from "The Desmond Castle" [source unknown]

• Photograph, Limerick Leader 19/08/2017, p15

Dromoland Castle

• Extract from "Dromoland Castle, New Market-on-Fergus, Co. Clare" [source unknown, various pages]
  

Dromore Castle

• Extract from ‘Castles of Ireland’ by Brian de Breffny, 1977, p96-98

• Photograph, ‘Irish Art and Architecture’ by Harbison, Potterton & Sheehy, p205

• Photographs, ‘In Ruins: The Once Great Houses of Ireland’ by Simon Marsden & Duncan McLaren, p23 & 83

• The Castle of Dromore, from ‘Kenry: The Story of a Barony in Co. Limerick’ by Mairtín Ó Corrbuí, p108-110

• A new castle by Desmond Grennan, ‘Pallaskenry: A Look Back’ ed. By Pat Hevenor, 2001 (article originally published in Ireland’s Eye journal)

• State buyer backs out of Dromore, Limerick Leader 5/12/1953, p2

• Dromore Castle is coming down, Limerick Leader 21/12/1953, p1

• Dromore Castle: how it came to be built by “Orjay”, Limerick Leader 2/1/1954, p8

• When Dromore Castle was a stately home, Limerick Chronicle 9/10/1971, p5

• Family’s new hopes for Dromore Castle, Limerick Leader 22/2/1986, p7

• The loopy Earls of Limerick and the castle of Dromore, or the Story of Folly Luimní by Martin Byrnes, Limerick Leader 19/8/1991, p6

• The battle of Dromore Castle, Limerick Leader 14/1/2006, p13

• Dromore Castle: great collection of pictures found, Limerick Leader 19/12/2009, p18 (image)

• Dromore Castle by Marian Locke, Old Limerick Journal vol. 45, Winter 2011

Dysert Castle

•  Illustration, Dysart Co. Limerick, ‘Ordnance Survey Letters, vol. I’, 1840 by John O’Donovan

Fanning’s Castle

• Venerable ruin: Remains of historic castle: the story of Whitamore’s Inn, Limerick Leader 15/7/1950, p10

• Drawing, ‘The Chapel on the Hill…’ by Thomas Ryan, p181

• Photograph, ‘Limerick, An Appreciation’, p10

Fanningstown Castle

•  Drawing and record of ownership, 1861-1927, ‘Maigueside Journal’, 1998, p14

Glenogra Castle

• Illustration, ‘Ordnance Survey Letters, vol. I’, 1840 by John O’Donovan, inter. p113/4

Glenstal Castle

• Extract from ‘Castles of Ireland’ by Brian de Breffny, 1977, p 116-119

• Glenstal Castle by Mark Tierney and John Cornforth, ‘Old Limerick Journal’ no. 24, p58-62 

• Photograph, Gargoyles at Glenstal Castle, ‘Old Limerick Journal’ no 24, p99

• Glenstal Castle, Co. Limerick, from Irish Houses and Gardens: from the archives of Country Life’ by Seán O’Reilly, 1998, p171-175

• Henry II and Glenstal Castle by Andrew Nugent, Old Limerick Journal vol. 29, Winter 1992

• The Design of Glenstal Castle 1836-1861 by Marion D. McGarry, Old Limerick Journal vol. 42, Winter 2006

• Photograph, ‘Murroe and Boher’ by Mark Tierney, p85 

Glin Castle

• Extract from ‘Castles of Ireland’ by Brian de Breffny, 1977, p 122

• Castle season, and a knight’s hospitality [feature on Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin, and Glin Castle], Limerick Leader 24/3/2007, p19 (Leisure)

• 18^th century living at Glin, Limerick Leader, Country Lifestyles supplement, Spring 2007, p13

• Limerick’s Glin Castle top castle in Europe, Limerick Post 11/10/2008, p46

•  Sale of the centuries: the Knight of Glin puts the family silver up for auction, feature, Irish Times magazine 28/3/2009

• Limerick sailors have a brief encounter with silver, Limerick Post 2/11/2013, p34

• Sadness as Glin Castle sale marks the end of historic era, Limerick Leader 02/05/2015, p15 

• Glin Castle: The Knight told his six-year-old son's kidnappers to go ahead and blow him up, Limerick Life 02/11/16, p29-31

Killeedy Castle

• Killeedy Castle taken by storm, Limerick Leader 16/1/1988, p1 (County ed.)

• Twenty-five years after lightening hit, ancient castle is still standing, Limerick Leader 26/1/2013, p20

Kilmallock Castle

• Illustration, ‘The History of Limerick’ by John Ferrar, 1787

• Drawing, South Gate of Kilmallock, ‘Ordnance Survey Letters, vol. I’, 1840 by John O’Donovan

• Painting, The North Gate at Kilmallock, ‘Researches in the South of Ireland’ by T. C. Croker

• Sketch of the ground plan of Kilmallock, ‘Researches in the South of Ireland’ by T. C. Croker

• Photograph, Johns Castle, ‘Why Not Visit Kilmallock’, p3

• Photograph, Blossom Gate, ‘Why Not Visit Kilmallock’, p5 

• Photograph, ‘Old Kilmallock’, p15

King John’s Castle

Lickadoon Castle

• Illustration, ‘Ordnance Survey Letters, vol. II’, 1840 by John O’Donovan, inter. p52/3 

McBrien’s (or O’Brien’s) Castle

• Photograph, ‘The Book of The Galtees and the Golden Vein’ by Paul J. Flynn, p125

• MacBrien I Cuanach by Michael O’Dwyer, ‘Lough Gur and District Historical Society Journal’, 1988, p20-25

Maidstown Castle

• Letter, Maidstown Castle: some family history by D.J.R., Cork, Limerick Leader 1/10/1958, p3

Newcastle Clanwilliam Castle

• Article by Joseph Lennon, based on his research for The Castles & Tower Houses of Limerick, 1199-1703 (to be published in 2014)

Oola Castle

• Illustration (computer enhanced reconstruction), ‘History Ireland, vol. 4 no. 1, Spring 1996’, p15

Redwood Castle

• Mid-West castle now oldest in Ireland still occupied – claim, Limerick Leader 12/8/1987, p6

Rockbarton Castle

• Illustration, ‘The Antiquities of Irelandvol. II’ by F. Grose, 1795, p71

Shanid Castle

• Photograph, ‘The Mungret Annual 1912-1916’, p7 

• At Shanid was the first Geraldine castle in Munster by “Orjay”, Limerick Leader 16/12/1953, p3

• Shanid Castle: story of ghostly visitations, Limerick Leader 19/12/1953, p12

Springfield Castle

• Two photographs, ‘North Munster Antiquarian Journal, vol. 33, 1991’, p44

• Photograph, ‘Old Limerick Journal no. 25’, p9

• Their home is a Limerick castle, Limerick Leader 7/8/1976, p7

 

• To the manor born, but down to earth farmers, Limerick Leader 6/1/2001

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