Kiltinan Castle

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Kiltinan Castle is a castle near Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland. [1]

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History and architecture

Kiltinan is one of the oldest inhabited castles in Ireland, having been built in the thirteenth century. [2] [3] The castle stands upon an eminence of limestone rock and overlooks the Clashawley River.

Features of the castle demesne include the castellated gateway at its main entrance, [4] its dovecote (pigeon house) which dates from the fifteenth century, [5] its Sheila-na-Gig stone, [6] and its pet graveyard, which dates to the early twentieth century. [7]

Owners

The first known inhabitants were the Butler family, of the branch which held the title Baron Dunboyne, and it was held by them until the 17th century, during the Cromwellian invasion into Ireland when the castle was attacked by Cromwell on 13 February 1650. [2] [8] [9]

Following the bombardment, Kiltinan was extensively remodelled by the Cooke family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. [10]

The castle was first established as a racehorse stud farm in 1918, when it was bought by Capt. F.J.B. De Sales La Terriere, M.F.H. [11] Although he was a British army officer, the castle was then a safe-house for the IRA during the Irish War of Independence and Kiltinan sometimes provided hospitality for British officers and fugitive rebels in turn. The captain's wife Joan de Sales La Terriere was a well-known horsewoman and socialite.[ citation needed ]

The stud farm which is attached to the castle is now run by Madeleine Gurdon, the wife of Andrew Lloyd Webber. [12] She also runs the associated establishment in England, Watership Down Stud. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Site Fact Sheet. Kiltinan Castle, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Ireland
  2. 1 2 Kiltinan Castle. Fethard.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-14.
  3. ↑ Kiltinan Castle, Tipperary South, National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Ireland
  4. ↑ "Kiltinan, Tipperary South".
  5. ↑ "Kiltinan, Tipperary South".
  6. ↑ "Ireland's Sheela na Gigs: Kiltinan Castle". Archived from the original on 27 February 2010.
  7. ↑ ANNUAL NEWSLETTTER 2000. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2011-05-14.
  8. ↑ 1650: The Siege of Kilkenny Archived 2 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine . British-civil-wars.co.uk (2008-02-23). Retrieved on 2011-05-14.
  9. ↑ 1649-52: Cromwell's Conquest of Ireland Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine , Tralee Times
  10. ↑ Kiltinan Castle, Tipperary South: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved on 2011-05-14.
  11. ↑ Life Piles of the Rich & Famous, Irish Independent
  12. ↑ Kiltinan Farms Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine . Breederscup.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-14.
  13. ↑ Bannerman, Lucy (1 December 2016). "Lloyd Webber rides to the rescue" . Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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