Moydrum Castle
Moydrum Castle | |
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Caislean Maigh Droma | |
Part of Moydrum demesne | |
Moydrum, Ruin | |
Site history | |
Built | 1812 |
Architect | Richard Morrison |
In use | 1814 | —1924
Fate | Set alight on 4 July 1921 by the IRA |
Moydrum Castle (Irish: Caisleán Maigh Droma meaning "plain of the ridge") is a ruined castle situated in the locality of Moydrum, Ireland, just to the east of Athlone. The property is privately owned.
Background
The lands of Moydrum were granted to the Handcock family, originally from
By the 1880s, and the time of the 4th Baron, the Barony of Moydrum comprised 11,444 acres (46.3 km2).[5][unreliable source?]
Yachting
The Lords Castlemaine were prominent members of Lough Ree Yacht Club which is currently located at Ballyglass, Hillquarter, Athlone. Major G.S. Handcock was Hon. Secretary of Lough Ree Yacht Club and was appointed in 1920 as chairman of a committee to agree on the design of an 18-foot one design dinghy for the Shannon Yacht Clubs which became known as the Shannon-One-Design.[6]
Destruction
Growing tensions in Ireland ultimately led to the
Following the establishment of the Irish Free State, much of the land belonging to the Barony was improved, divided and sold on by the Irish Land Commission.[9] The Baron, his wife and family were never to return to Moydrum.
Photographer
Other Westmeath Castles
- Ballinlough Castle
- Clonyn Castle
- Killua Castle
- Knockdrin Castle
- Tyrrellspass Castle
- Tullynally Castle
References
- ^ a b Cokayne, G.E; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K. Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000. Cited at http://www.thepeerage.com.
- ^ "Rockcliffe House Additional Images: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Ireland.com / Destination Ireland". Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2016..
- ^ Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary Of Ireland. London, U.K. S Lewis and Company, 1837.
- ^ "landowners".
- ^ Thanks for the Memory by H.J. Rice 1922
- ^ "FORGAVE SINN FEIN BEFORE BEING SHOT; British Officer, Captured and Killed, Left Letters Telling of His Fate. WIDOW GETS DAMAGES Baron Castlemaine Receives an Award of 101,359 for the Destruction of His Castle". The New York Times. 18 October 1921.
- ^ "The burning of Moydrum castle". westmeathindependent.ie. 21 October 2009.
- ^ http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie/D/0023/D.0023.192804190016.html Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine.
- ISBN 0-00-719668-7.; Simon Marsden's original image