Raphoe Castle
| Raphoe Castle | |
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County Donegal | |
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 Raphoe Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | C25920284 |
| Location: | 54°52’22"N, 7°35’49"W |
| Village: | Raphoe |
| History | |
| Built 1630s | |
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Raphoe Castle, also known as the Bishop's Palace,[1][2] is a ruined early 17th-century castle on the edge of Raphoe, County Donegal.
The castle was built in the 1630s for The Rt. Rev. Dr John Leslie, Lord Bishop of Raphoe, from stone from a ruined round tower. Bishop Leslie was besieged within the castle during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, until he was relieved by the Laggan Army. Leslie was laid siege to again during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland: the castle surrendered in 1650.
Raphoe Castle was damaged by he Jacobites, supporters of King James II & VII, in 1689 during the Jacobite War. A century later, in 1798, the castle was attacked again, this time by the United Irishmen, three of whom were killed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Having survived two hundred years of war and rebellion, the castle was destroyed in an accidental fire in 1838.[3]
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References
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: Pevsner Architectural Guides
- ↑ Willie Cumming, Duncan McLaren and T.J. O'Meara: 'An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Donegal', p. 24 (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, 2014)
- ↑ Noonan 2001, p.146.
- Noonan, D.: 'Castles & Ancient Monuments of Ireland' (Aurum Press, 2001)