- Ardglass Castle
Ardglass Castle is situated in
Ardglass ,County Down ,Northern Ireland . 15th century Ardglass Castle was probably a row of warehouses. Large sections of the original building can still be seen within the modern club house of Ardglass Golf Club. (Grid ref: 561 371 [cite book | last=Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland| year=1983 |title=Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland | publisher=HMSO | location=Belfast | pages=p151] )Features
The block of warehouses was built to provide 13 spaces behind the quay, guarded by towers at each end, and which it is assumed could be let out to resident or visiting merchants. [cite book | last=Mallory, JP and McNeill, TE| year=1991 |title=The Archaeology of Ulster from Colonization to Plantation | publisher=Institute of Irish Studies, QUB | location=Belfast | pages=p287]
The "Dublin Penny Journal" of
30 March 1833 [cite web | title=Ardglass, County of Down | work=Library Ireland - from the "Dublin Penny Journal", Volume 1, Number 40, March 30, 1833 | url=http://www.libraryireland.com/articles/ArdglassDPJ1-40/index.php | accessdate=2008-06-17] describes Ardglass Castle as follows:History
The fortified warehouses at the harbour entrance, dating from the 12th century and known as the Newark (the New Works), was acquired by
Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale in 1790. He converted the central section into Ardglass Castle, which he sold to William Ogilvie in 1806. The property subsequently passed to his-son-in law Charles Beauclerc, who went bankrupt in 1896. The castle and grounds were then bought by a group of local men wishing to start a golf club and Ardglass Castle has been the golf clubhouse since then. [cite web | title=Ardglass Castle | work=Have a Look at Ardglass | url=http://www.ardglass.net/tour.htm | accessdate=2008-06-17]The castle is of interest as having been the home of William Ogilvie, tutor of
Lord Edward Fitzgerald and second husband of his mother, theDuchess of Leinster. Ogilvie built increased harbour facilities in 1850, following his purchase of Ardglass Castle from the Fitzgerald family. He also built the Georgian style terrace fronting Castle Place. [cite web | title=Brief History of Ardglass | work=Have a Look at Ardglass | url=http://www.ardglass.net/history.htm | accessdate=2008-06-17]Ardglass had at least six castles and remains of four of them can still be seen: Ardglass Castle,
Cowd Castle ,Margaret's Castle andJordan's Castle .See also
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Castles in Northern Ireland References
External links
* [http://www.ria.ie/publications/journals/ProcCI/2005/PC05/PDF/105C01.pdf Royal Irish Academy - Three Medieval Buildings in the Port of Ardglass, Co. Down By T.E. McNeill, published 15 April 2005]
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