Rostellan

Rostellan (Irish: Ros Tialláin) is a civil parish, townland and village in the historical Barony of Imokilly, County Cork, Ireland.[1][2] An electoral division of the same name forms part of the Cork East Dáil constituency.[3][4] For census purposes, the village of Rostellan is combined with the neighbouring villages of Farsid and Aghada. As of the 2011 census, the combined settlement of Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan had a population of 1,015 people.[5]

Rostellan

Ros Tialláin
Civil parish
Siddons Tower (an 18th century folly built on Rostellan Castle demesne) is now a ruin
Rostellan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 51°50′40″N 08°11′18″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Cork
Irish grid referenceW873664

Promontory
Farmland near Rostellan Wood

Rostellan Wood, a forestry amenity managed by Coillte, lies on Rostellan promontory.[6] Rostellan Wood contains the ruins of an 18th-century folly and the remains of a megalithic portal tomb.[7][8] This portal tomb, known as Rostellan Dolmen, stands in a tidal section of Saleen Creek, and comprises a large capstone and three upright stones (with two of the uprights acting as supporting orthostats to the capstone).[7][9] The folly, "Siddons Tower", was built in the 1770s by Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond on the grounds of his estate.[10] O'Brien, then 5th Earl of Inchiquin, so "greatly admired" the Welsh-born English actress Sarah Siddons (who reputedly visited Rostellan) that he built and named the tower in her honour on the Rostellan Castle demesne.[11][12]

Originally associated with the FitzGerald family, the O'Brien (Inchiquin) estate at Rostellan spanned the entire townland, and its manor house was Rostellan Castle.[13] In A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, published by Samuel Lewis in 1837, Rostellan Castle is described as an "elegant mansion", with its "highly cultivated and extensive demesne" spanning one-third of the parish.[14] While some ruined and standing structures of the estate remain (including a large set of gates in Rostellan village),[15] Rostellan Castle itself was demolished in 1944.[16][17]

Aghada GAA club, founded in 1885, has its main sports ground on Rostellan promontory.[18]

References
  1. "Ros Tialláin / Rostellan (Civil Parish)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. "Ros Tialláin / Rostellan (Townland)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017". Irish Statute Book. 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. "Rostellan Electoral Division, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. "Settlement Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan (CSO Area Code ST 18060)". Census 2011. Central Statistics Office. April 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. "Rostellan". Coillte. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. "Rostellan Dolmen". ringofcork.ie. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. "Siddon's Tower, Rostellan, County Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  9. "Rostellan Portal Tomb". irishstones.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  10. Bence-Jones, Mark (1978). Burke's Guide to Country Houses: Volume 1 – Ireland. Burke's. p. 248. ISBN 9780850110265. the 1st Marquess built a tower in honour of Mrs [Sarah] Siddons, whom he entertained here
  11. McCarthy, Kieran (2019). The Little Book of Cork Harbour. History Press. ISBN 9780750989602. The Earl of Inchiquin greatly admired her [Sarah Siddons] and built a tower in her honour in his grounds
  12. "Siddon's Tower, Rostellan Demesne". irishstones.org. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  13. Q., J.C. (1936). "Rostellan Castle and its owners" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. 2. XLI: 109–111.
  14. Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Rostellan". Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.
  15. "Knockanemorney, Rostellan, County Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  16. "Rostellan". Landed Estates Database. NUI Galway. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  17. Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork. Dublin: Stationery Office. 1994. CO088-024---- [..] Castle [..] Townland: Rostellan [..] No visible surface trace of Fitzgerald Castle, which was rebuilt as a large house "some time ante 1750, probably by the 4th Earl of Inchiquin" (Bence-Jones 1978, 248). The house was demolished in 1944
  18. "About Aghada GAA Club". aghadagaa.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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