Derryhiveny Castle

Derryhiveny Castle
Native name Caisleán Dhoire Shuibhne (Irish)
Type	tower house
Location	Derryhiveny South, Portumna, County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates	53.1271°N 8.1924°W / 53.1271; -8.1924
Built	1643
Owner	State
Location of Derryhiveny Castle in Ireland
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Derryhiveny Castle
Reference no.	283[1]

Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.[2][3]

Location

Derryhiveny Castle is located 4.4 km (2.7 mi) northeast of Portumna, on the west bank of the Shannon.[4][5]

History

The O'Madden family held the lands around Derryhivenny from c. AD 950 until the middle of the seventeenth century. On 5 February 1639, the head of the family, John O'Madden died, leaving his lands to his son, Daniel O'Madden. Daniel then set about building himself a tower house,[6] around 1643.[7] Its date is known from an inscription on one of its bartizan corbels: D:O'M ME:FIERI:FECIT 1643.

Description

Derryhiveny Castle is a tower house of four storeys. There are vaults on all four storeys.^[citation needed] The upper rooms have two- and three-mullioned windows with fireplaces, including one with a chamfered lintel, curved downwards at each end and covered by a chamfered cornice.[8][9][10]

There are also remains of a bawn, wall walk and crenellations.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

References

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14. "Emigrant Fathers, Native Sons: Shane Family of Prescott County, Ontario, Canada, 1817-1990". K.M. Adamson. 22 March 1990. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2020 – via Google Books.
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