Ormonde Castle
52°20′42″N 7°24′28″W / 52.34500°N 7.40778°W / 52.34500; -7.40778
Ormond Castle (Irish: Caisleán Urmhumhan) is a castle on the River Suir on the east side of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland.[1] The oldest part of the existing castle is a mid-15th century walled bawn, cornered on the northeast and northwest by towers.
History of Ormonde Castle
Built before 1315, the original castle was acquired that year by the Butler Family after it was taken from the Wall Family. James Butler would eventually be granted the title 1st Earl of Ormond.[2]
The manor house
Sometime after 1565, Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde, spent many years at the court of his cousin, through Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I. He carried from England a regard for Elizabethan-style architecture, and added a Tudor manor house to the property, the first of its kind in Ireland.[3]
The manor house is also important to the Elizabethan era martyrology of the strictly illegal and underground Catholic Church in Ireland. While staying in Ormonde Castle as a guest of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, Archbishop Dermot O'Hurley, who would become one of the most celebrated of the 24 formally recognized Irish Catholic Martyrs, was met there by his former host, Baron Slane, in September 1583. The Baron explained the imminent danger to both himself and his family and in return, the Archbishop voluntarily agreed to travel with him and surrender at Dublin Castle.[4]
Meanwhile, despite his own militant Protestantism, the Earl of Ormonde was greatly offended and distressed at the trickery used in the arrest of a guest in his house, and afterwards he did everything he could in vain to rescue Archbishop O'Hurley from the executioners.
In the 17th century the house was a favourite residence for James Butler, the 'Great Duke of Ormonde,' but the Butlers abandoned the home after James' death in 1688. The home remained a possession of the Butler family until the mid-20th century. In 1947 the house was given over to Irish State agencies who restored the historic structures.[5]
The manor house is enhanced by the mullioned windows on both floors to the front and the oriel windows of the porch in the centre of the facade. The gallery on the first floor features two carved stone chimney pieces and a ceiling and frieze of Elizabethan plaster-work.[citation needed]
The U-shape of the manor house surrounds a small courtyard that abuts the north of the castle's bawn. The manor has two floors and a gabled attic.[citation needed]
The most notable restoration achievement was that of the long gallery on the first floor of the facade, where the ceiling had largely collapsed. This room, once hung with tapestries, has a magnificent limestone fireplace bearing the date 1565, and has stucco representations of Queen Elizabeth flanked by Equity and Justice. It is said that she had promised her cousin that she would one day visit.[citation needed]
Namesake in the United States
- Ormond Plantation House in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana — named Ormond by Colonel Richard Butler, the owner from 1805 to 1819
References
- ^ "Ormond Castle". www.heritageireland.ie. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "The Ormond Castle". www.carrickonsuir.ie. Archived from the original on 23 April 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "The Ormond Castle". www.discoverireland.ie. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ Edited by Patrick J. Cornish and Benignus Millet (2005), The Irish Martyrs, Four Courts Press, Dublin. Page 69.
- ^ "ORMONDE CASTLE". www.tipperary.ie. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
External links
- Ormond Castle - official site at Heritage Ireland
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