Tallaght Castle
Tallaght Castle | |
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site of The Priory Institute Tallaght, in County Dublin | |
Coordinates | 53°17′21″N 6°21′39″W / 53.2892°N 6.3608°W |
Tallaght Castle (also known as Tallaght House[2] and formerly known as the Archiepiscopal Palace[3]) was a castle in Kilnamanagh, Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland.[4] It dates from the 14th century.[5] It became an official residence of the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin until 1822.[6][7][8][5] It was taken over by the Dominican Order in 1856.[5][9]
The castle is now in ruins with only a small proportion of it incorporated into the St. Mary's Priory building,
Development
Tallaght village was first walled in about 1310.[11] As ordered by Archbishop Alexander de Bicknor, the initial castle was built between 1324 and the 1340s, to defend the settlement.[11][3][10][12] The original castle is thought to have comprised high walls with a courtyard in the centre.[11] It was in bad condition a century later.[10][12][3]
In the mid-1400s, improvements were made by Archbishop Michael Tregury, leading to an increase in usage by subsequent Archbishops.[13] Members of Archbishop Loftus's family were killed at the gates of the castle in the 1570s.[13]
Archbishop John Hoadly built a palace on the remains from 1727 to 1729 at a cost of £2,500.[3][14][12][6][8][10][2] The grounds had a brewery and a granary and stables.[10] By 1760 some of the buildings had become 'dilapidated'.[6]
Archbishop of Dublin's Estate Act 1821 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 28 May 1821 |
In 1821, an
When the Dominican friars took a lease out on the property in the 1840s,[2][5] one of the buildings was converted into a chapel.[10] The friars eventually bought the property from Mr Lentaigne in 1855.[3] The chapel was replaced with a purpose-built church, dedicated to Fr. Tom Burke, in 1883.[3] Part of the house burned down in the first decade of the 1900s.[2]
References
- ^ "To His Grace Euseby, Lord Archbishop of Dublin &c.&c. This view of the antient Archiepiscopal Palace of Tallaght in the county of Dublin is inscribed by his Lorship's very obliged & very humble servant, W. Monck Mason". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "1729 – Archiepiscopal Palace, Tallaght, Co. Dublin". archiseek.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Erck, John Caillard (1827). The ecclesiastical register: containing the names of the dignitaries and parochial clergy of Ireland : as also of the parishes and their respective patrons and an account of monies granted for building churches and glebe-houses with ecclesiastical annals annexed to each diocese and appendixes : containing among other things several cases of quare impedit. R. Milliken and Son.
1324 Tallaght-castle - remission of money granted to the archbishop of Dublin, on the 26th July in the seventeenth year of Edward II in consideration of his building Tallaght castle
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- ^ a b c Wilde, William Robert (1880). Memoir of Gabriel Beranger: And His Labours in the Cause of Irish Art and Antiquities, from 1760 to 1780. M.H. Gill & Son. pp. 6–7.
- Hugh Jackson Lawlor (ed.). Some Worthies of the Irish Church: Lectures Delivered in the Divinity School of the University of Dublin. Hodder and Stoughton. p. 106.
- ^ a b "Labours in the cause of Irish Art, etc.". The journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland. 1870. p. 39.
- ^ "<no title>". The Morning News. Belfast, Northern Ireland. 25 June 1887. page 5, column 3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Tallaght - History". [SouthDublinHistory.ie]. 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "Tallaght Castles". [Tallaght4Kids.ie]. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Tallaght Castle". Ask About Ireland. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ a b Elrington Ball, Francis (1905). A History of the County Dublin: Tallaght, Cruagh, Whitechurch, Kilgobbin, Kiltiernan, Rathmicheal, Old Connaught, Saggart, Rathcoole, and Newcastle. p. 8.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ "Tallaght Heritage Walk. Tallaght Castle: Stop 20". South Dublin Libraries. Retrieved 21 August 2017.