Historic Irish Castles and Buildings / Bound Clippings Volume

A bound volume containing newspaper clippings relating to historic Irish castles, churches, abbeys, monuments, and public buildings. Most of the clippings are taken from newspaper articles seemingly published in the late nineteenth century. Many of the entries take the form of antiquarian sketches and illustrations. Many of the illustrations appear to be taken (or reproduced) from articles originally published in the ‘Dublin Penny Journal’ and the ‘Illustrated Dublin Journal’. Includes content

Details

Level of description: Subseries
Date: 1884-1904
Reference: 33
Extent and medium: c.250 pp; 30 cm x 28.5 cm; bound volume; clipping
Scope and content: A bound volume containing newspaper clippings relating to historic Irish castles, churches, abbeys, monuments, and public buildings. Most of the clippings are taken from newspaper articles seemingly published in the late nineteenth century. Many of the entries take the form of antiquarian sketches and illustrations. Many of the illustrations appear to be taken (or reproduced) from articles originally published in the ‘Dublin Penny Journal’ and the ‘Illustrated Dublin Journal’. Includes content on the following buildings: Luttrellstown Castle, County Dublin Clontarf Castle, Dublin St. Michan’s Church, Dublin Malahide Castle, Dublin Reginald’s Tower, Waterford Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin Parliament House, Dublin The Custom House, Dublin St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin Christ Church Catedral, Dublin Dunsoghly Castle, County Dublin Killiney Church, County Dublin Trim Castle, County Meath Bective Abbey, County Meath St. Mary’s Abbey, Duleek, County Meath Athcarne Castle, County Meath Rheban Castle, County Kildare Ballyloughan Castle, County Carlow Leixlip Castle, County Kildare Howth Castle, County Dublin Maynooth Castle, County Kildare Cahir Castle, County Tipperary Ardfinnan Castle, County Tipperary Grannagh Castle, County Kilkenny Antrim Castle (Massereene Castle) Mellifont Abbey, County Louth Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Downpatrick, County Down Enniscorthy Castle, County Wexford Dunbrody Abbey, County Wexford Sligo Abbey Adare Castle, County Limerick Kells Priory, County Kilkenny Holycross Abbey, County Tipperary Conna Castle, County Cork Liscarroll Castle, County Cork Armoy Round Tower, County Antrim Muckross Abbey, County Kerry Courtstown Castle, County Kilkenny Balleen Castle, County Kilkenny Jerpoint Abbey, County Kilkenny Corcomroe Abbey, County Clare Lisfinny Castle, County Waterford Blarney Castle, County Cork St. Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny Donaghmore Round Tower, County Meath Dunluce Castle, County Antrim Killeen Castle, County Meath Dunsany Castle, County Meath Ballyfin House, County Laois King John’s Castle, Limerick Roscommon Abbey
Physical characteristics: Many of the clippings are discoloured and stained. Some of the clippings are also partially detached from the volume. Careful handling of the volume is required.
Repository: Irish Capuchin Archives
Context: Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap.

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Extracted Mentions

People, places, and terms identified via handwriting recognition and named entity recognition.

People

Walls(14)
King(13)
Stone(13)
Lord(12)
EARL(12)
May(9)
Little(8)
Henry(8)

Places

Walls(14)
Howth(8)
Talbot(7)
Ormond(6)
Liffey(6)
Meath(5)
Suir(5)
Strongbow(4)

Terms

Sample passages

Contiguous to the church are the remains of the ancient Castle, for ages the place of sepulture of the proprietors of the Castle. It consists of a nave and choir, separated from ea…
Towards the close of the twelfth century (1195) the body of Hugo de Lacy, the great Palatine of Meath, was buried with much solemnity within the walls of Bective, but his head was…
RHEBAN was, in the second century, one of the inland towns of Ireland. The castle stands on the western bank of the Al Berba, Birgus, or Barragh, (the boundary river,) now the rive…

Full Transcript (OCR, 39 pages)

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Page 1

WOODLANDS, COUNTY OF DUBLIN Though Woodlands derives very many of its attractions from modern improvements, its chief artificial features are of no recent creation, and are such as it would require a century or two to bring to their present perfection. Woodlands is emphatically an old place, and is said to have been granted by King John to Sir Geoffry Lutterel, an Anglo-Norman knight who accompanied him into Ireland, and in possession of whose descendants it remained, and was their residence from the close of the fifteenth till the commencement of the present century, when it was sold to Mr Luke White by the last Earl of Carhampton. Up to this period it was known by the name of Lutterelstown, a name which, for various reasons, the family into whose possession it has passed have wisely changed. The principal parts of the mansion were rebuilt about fifty years back, but a portion of the original castle still remains, and an apartment in it bears the name of King John's chamber. It has also received additional extension from its present proprietor, who is now making further additions to the structure. Woodlands is situated on the north bank of the Liffey, about five miles from Dublin.

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5 ST. MICHAN'S CHURCH, DUBLIN. The study of Church Architecture will tend to improve our hearts while it forms our tastes and adds to our knowledge. A stranger coming to the ancient city of Dublin for the first time will be most probably directed to the Cathedral of St. Patrick or Christ Church, which we do not deny are deserving of considerable interest, but there is much more to be seen in this city, which, without seeing, he thinks he knows all the most interesting Irish remains. We intend here to draw especial attention to St. Michan's Church, in which there is nothing very interesting to the wandering sight-seeker except the vaults, the tombs, and the monuments of some few men whose lives illustrate the History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Of the principal of these we will take notice, but in the church he will find but little to interest his curiosity, in consequence of great want of funds (at the time when it was rebuilt) which precluded every idea of adornment. The present entrance to this church is at the rear from Church-street. This part of Dublin is now inhabited only by the poorer classes and so the church has nearly passed into oblivion. Over the doors of the back entrance there is placed a tablet commemorating the late restoration, and adjoining the church may be observed a wall which bears the following inscription :— This House was built and Endowed by Edward Reilly, Esq., for the support of four poor widows; the ground thereof bestowed for this use by the Rev. D. Clayton, Prebendary of Christ Church and Minister of this Parish of St. Michans. Anno Dom. 1720. ST. MICHAN'S CHURCH, DUBLIN

Page 3

OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE

Page 4

ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL

Page 5

NORMAN DOORWAY IN CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL

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