Monea castle

54°23′35″N 7°44′53″W / 54.393°N 7.748°W / 54.393; -7.748 Monea Castle is a castle in Monea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is a State Care Historic Monument sited in the townland of Castletown Monea, in Fermanagh District Council area, at grid ref: H1647 4937.[1]

Monea Castle in 2006

History

Monea Castle is situated where a Maguire castle would have been based prior to the Plantation and a crannog is still visible. Building began in 1616. It had a bawn built later, in 1622. It was attacked by Rory Maguire during the Irish Rebellion of 1641 when the castle was sheltering Protestant settlers.

See also

See Bill Wilsdon's "Plantation Castles on the Erne" for more information

Notes

  1. ^ "Monea Castle" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2007.

References

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