Derryhiveny Castle
Native name
Irish: Caisleán Dhoire Shuibhne
Typetower house
LocationDerryhiveny South, Portumna, County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates53°07′38″N 8°11′33″W / 53.1271°N 8.1924°W / 53.1271; -8.1924
Built1643
OwnerState
Derryhiveny Castle is located in Ireland
Derryhiveny Castle
Location of Derryhiveny Castle in Ireland
Official nameDerryhiveny Castle
Reference no.283[1]

Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.[2][3]

Location

Derryhiveny Castle is located 4.4 km (2.7 mi) northeast of Portumna, on the west bank of the Shannon.[4][5]

History

The O'Madden family held the lands around Derryhivenny from c. AD 950 until the middle of the seventeenth century. On 5 February 1639, the head of the family, John O'Madden died, leaving his lands to his son, Daniel O'Madden. Daniel then set about building himself a tower house.[6]

The castle was built in 1643 by Daniel O'Madden.[7]

Its date is known from an inscription on one of its bartizan corbels: D:O'M ME:FIERI:FECIT 1643.

Description

Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house of four storeys. There are vaults on all four storeys.

The upper rooms have two- and three-mullioned windows with fireplaces, including one with a chamfered lintel, curved downwards at each end and covered by a chamfered cornice.[8][9][10]

There are also remains of a bawn, wall walk and crenellations.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

References

  1. ↑ "National Monuments of County Galway in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 3. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Castles of Co. Galway". homepage.eircom.net. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Day, Catharina (22 March 2018). Ireland. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781860113277 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Madden of Derryhiveny - Burke's East Galway". Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Kerrigan, Paul M. (22 March 1995). Castles and Fortifications in Ireland, 1485-1945. Collins Press. ISBN 9781898256120. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Abandoned Ireland". www.abandonedireland.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ↑ "Derryhiveny Castle was built in 1643 by Daniel O'Madden". Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Irish Castles, County Galway". www.irelandseye.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Derryhivenny Castle Portumna County Galway Ireland". portumna.galway-ireland.ie. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Derryhivenny Castle, County Galway". www.irelandseye.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  11. ↑ Glin, Knight of; Peill, James (22 March 2018). Irish Furniture: Woodwork and Carving in Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Act of Union. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300117158. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ "Derryhivenny". irishantiquities.bravehost.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  13. ↑ Sweetman, David (22 March 1999). Medieval Castles of Ireland. Collins Press. ISBN 9781898256755. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ "Emigrant Fathers, Native Sons: Shane Family of Prescott County, Ontario, Canada, 1817-1990". K.M. Adamson. 22 March 1990. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Google Books.
  15. ↑ Spellissy, Sean (1 January 1999). The history of Galway. Celtic Bookshop. ISBN 9780953468331. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Google Books.
  16. ↑ "Viking Congress". Oliver and Boyd. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Google Books.


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