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Image from
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- Clogrenan House,
- Clogrenan, Co Carlow
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above taken by Janet & Michael Brennan ©2009 |
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The images
above taken by Janet & Michael Brennan ©2009 |
The images
above taken by Janet & Michael Brennan ©2009 |
Clogrennane House.
Source: Carloviana 2012
Front Cover |
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- Map c.1837-39
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Map supplied by J.J.
Woods
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 Clogrennane
Castle (ruins) |
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- The archway pictured above and below can be seen quit clearly in
this old photo which appeared in the book "Carlow See Ireland
First". It also reveals how much of the castle has been demolished
in the last 80 plus years.
Clogrennane Castle
As described in a 1930's tourist information book
"Carlow See Ireland
First". p.24-26.
On the other side of the Barrow is Clogrennan Castle,
about two miles distant from Carlow. The old Castle at the entrance to
the demesne was built by Sir. Edmond Butler (who had joined the great
Earl of Desmond in his revolt) probably to guard the ford which crossed
the Barrow at that point. In 1568 the castle withstood a remarkable
siege when eight men held it against Sir Peter Carew. Near the
ivy-covered ruin of the old castle a tunnel has been discovered, said to
connect Clogrennan with White's Castle (the modern house on
Graiguecullen Bridge is built on the site of this castle) .and Carlow
Castle. A considerable stretch of wood covers part of the demesne of
Clogrennan, but the road enclosing it, and winding up hill all the time,
is well worth following. It is very steep, but the surface is good.
Beyond Ballinbranna School, and, higher up again, at Bilboa, one must
pause and look about at the wide stretch of varied scenery spread
beneath. Here one sees the full extent of the Barrow Valley, surrounded
by lofty chains of mountains. In the bosom of the valley hamlets and
farmhouses dot the scene.
The houses of Carlow town cluster down by the
river, standing as it were, between the new and the old. The white
concrete walls and roof of the Beet Factory gleam away to the far left,
and at the right glowers the old Castle, battered by time and war and
stupidity The old church of Cloydagh is now in ruins and surrounded by a
burial ground within the Clongrennan demesne. It was built of chiselled
granite, and, a beautiful Gothic window is still intact.
The following is from the 'Archaeological
Inventory of County Carlow.' p. 65 & 89:
Castle Sites
- 736 CLOGRENAN
- OS 7:9:6 (160,193) 'Clogrennan Castle (in ruins)'
- OD 100-200 26978,17362
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Castle (site) Sited at former important crossing point on
River Barrow. Sketch by Thomas Dineley (1680) shows large house
of five floors, three decorative gables at front and crenellated
parapet at sides. Sketch of 1790 shows ruins in remarkably
similar condition to photograph taken in 1870. Derelict
buildings surveyed in 1911, major part of which collapsed or
were demolished in 1931. Original castle probably substantially
rebuilt after Carew's seige of 1569. Present 'Gothic' style arch
and windows probably belong to late eighteenth-century
refurbishment which seems to have extended to church and
graveyard to N (no. 547). In 1806 work commenced on Clogrenan
House and former 'castle1 was transformed into entranceway to
demesne. Unlikely that much of fifteenth- or sixteenth-century
structure survived to 1911. Some overgrown foundations still
survive, including small portion of entrance way, all of which
appear to belong to eighteenth-century refurbishment.
- (OSL 1839, 34-5; JKAS 1915-17, 56-62; JRSAl 1862-3, 42; OPW
file)
- 7:33 18-8-1988
- Source: Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow. P. 65
& 89
- Source of Clogrennan Castle image: ebay
- Clogrennan Castle once owned by Kavanaghs (no date).
- 1490 - Castle purchased by Earls of Arran, Dukes of
Ormonde.
- 1568 - Castle taken by Sir P. Carew from the Kavanaghs who
then became tenants on the estate.
- Sir Peter Carew (1514–27 November 1575) was a Devonshire
adventurer, who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth of
England and became a controversial figure in the Tudor
re-conquest of Ireland.
c.1600 Residence of Sir E. Butler, 10th Duke of
Ormonde.
1641 - Castle attacked by Irish Rebels.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/castles/irecastl-Carlow.htm
Source: The Castles of Ireland Leinster Province :
County Carlow Compiled by Lee Johnson.
An engraving by G. Allen showing part of the demesne
surrounding the home of Colonel Rochfort. The engraving was made for
a book entitled "The Medical Mentor; a new guide to fashionable
watering places" by F. F. Hayden. It was published in Carlow by
Richard Price in 1822.
Source:
www.askaboutireland.ie
The Rochfort family were
established at Clogrenan, parish of Cloydagh, county Carlow, from
the early 18th century. They acquired lands in the parish of
Annaghdown, barony of Clare, county Galway, through the marriage in
1722 of John Rochfort and a daughter of Thomas Staunton, Member of
Parliament. A sale rental dated 1856 of estates in counties Galway
and Wexford shows that most of the county Galway lands were held in
fee simple but some were held on a lease dated 9 April 1781 from
John Skerrett to John Rochford. The county Galway estate included a
townland in the parish of Ahascragh, barony of Killian, also
recorded as the property of Col. Rochfort in the Ordnance Survey
Field Name Books. The barony of Clare estate was bought by a branch
of the Blake family. John Egan was agent for the Rochfort estate in
the 1830s and held one of the townlands at the time of Griffith's
Valuation.
Source:
http://landedestates.nuigalway.ie:8080/LandedEstates/jsp/estate-show.jsp?id=995
Cloydagh or
Clody
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