Feartagar Castle

Feartagar Castle, also called Jennings Castle, is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.[2][3][4][5][6]

Feartagar Castle
Native name
Irish: Caisleán Fhearta Ghearr
Jennings Castle
Typetower house
LocationCastlegrove East, Kilconly,
County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates53.569655°N 8.942657°W / 53.569655; -8.942657
Built15th–17th century
OwnerState
Official nameFeartagar or Jennings Castle[1]
Reference no.428
Location of Feartagar Castle in Ireland

Location

Feartagar Castle lies on a hill 2.3 km (1.4 mi) east of Kilconly and 8.4 km (5.2 mi) northwest of Tuam, near to the River Nanny.[7][8][9]

History

The tower house was built in the 15th–17th century by the de Burgos (Burkes, de Búrca). Descendants of William de Burgh (c. 1160 – 1205/06), Anglo-Norman knight and close friend of King John, the Burkes ruled in Connacht for centuries. They were dispossessed in 1651 by the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. The castle later came into the possession of the Blakes of Tuam, and then the Jennings.[10][11][12]

Description
Entrance gate
Bartizans

A five-storey tower house, 12 × 10 m at base (39 × 33 ft).[12] Features include round bartizans on each corner, a machicolation above the doorway and a latrine chute. The second floor is vaulted and there are two stone staircases.[13]

References
  1. https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-galway.pdf
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  3. "Feartagar Castle". historicsitesofireland.blogspot.ie. 21 October 2011.
  4. "Castles of Co. Galway". homepage.eircom.net.
  5. Spellissy, Sean (1 January 1999). The history of Galway. Celtic Bookshop. ISBN 9780953468331 – via Google Books.
  6. Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (18 March 1996). Castles of Britain and Ireland: The Ultimate Reference Book with Over 1,350 Gazetteer Entries. David & Charles. ISBN 9780715302422 – via Google Books.
  7. Edwin, Rae (2 February 2008). "Feartagar Castle, Castlegrove, County Galway". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Feartagar Castle, Castlegrove, County Galway (ID: e%3A2262%2F13596)". discovery.dho.ie.
  9. Fry, Plantagenet (15 October 2005). Castles: England + Scotland + Ireland + Wales. David & Charles. ISBN 9780715322123 – via Google Books.
  10. "Feartagar Castle Jennings Castle Castlegrove near Tuam County Galway". tuam.galway-ireland.ie.
  11. Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - 15th C Feartagar Castle, known locally as Jennings Castle, near Tuam, County Galway, Ireland. Once a Burke stronghold, abandoned". Alamy.
  12. "Jenning's Castle, Castlegrove, Co. Galway - Irish Archaeology". irisharchaeology.ie.
  13. "Feartagar Castle, Galway".
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