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Castles and other buildings

Irish landscape photoart. Images of castle, windmills, mills, houses and other old buildings in various stages of repair.

$<center><font size=4>Ballybunion Golf Club</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Ballybunion Golf Club (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Golf Club (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Golf Club (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Golf Club (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> </center>$

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$<center><font size=4>Ballybunion Golf Club</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Ballybunion Golf Club (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Golf Club (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Golf Club (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Golf Club (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> </center>$
$<center><font size=4>Askeaton Friary</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Askeaton Friary (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Askeaton Friary (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Askeaton Friary (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Askeaton Friary (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br> </center> <br> <font size=2>Askeaton Friary, County Limerick, Ireland is a Franciscan Friary founded in 1389. The church and other buildings are arranged around a central cloister where the monks walked, prayed and meditated.</font>$
$<center><font size=4>The Cloister - Askeaton Friary</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="The Cloister - Askeaton Friary (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="The Cloister - Askeaton Friary (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="The Cloister - Askeaton Friary (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="The Cloister - Askeaton Friary (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br> </center> <br> <font size=2>Askeaton Friary, County Limerick, Ireland is a Franciscan Friary founded in 1389. This Cloister remains fully intact. The church and other buildings are arranged around this central cloister where the monks walked, prayed and meditated.</font>$
$<center><font size=4>Industrial Revelation</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Industrial Revelation (12in x 16in) {100.00}">12" x 16" - €100.00</option> <option value="Industrial Revelation (18in x 24in) {120.00}">18" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Industrial Revelation (24in x 32in) {160.00}">24" x 32" - €160.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> While driving along the the River Suir in County Waterford, Ireland, we came across this wonderful image of a girl’s face, some 10mtrs or more high, adorned the back of a building on the opposite bank. It really stood out and yet didn’t appear to be there for any reason other than it just looked good. I searched for the ad, but couldn’t find one. <br><br>$
$<center><font size=4>Hussy's Folly View - Dingle</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Hussy's Folly View - Dingle (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Hussy's Folly View - Dingle (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Hussy's Folly View - Dingle (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Hussy's Folly View - Dingle (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> </center>$
$<center><font size=4>Minard Castle Beach</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Minard Castle Beach (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Minard Castle Beach (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Minard Castle Beach (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Minard Castle Beach (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> </center>$
$<center><font size=4>Minard Castle - Dingle</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Minard Castle - Dingle (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Minard Castle - Dingle (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Minard Castle - Dingle (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Minard Castle - Dingle (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> </center>$
$<center><font size=4>Wexford Town</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Wexford Town (12in x 16in) {100.00}">12" x 16" - €100.00</option> <option value="Wexford Town (18in x 24in) {120.00}">18" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Wexford Town (24in x 32in) {160.00}">24" x 32" - €160.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> A look across the estuary of the River Slaney at Wexford Town, Co. Wexford, Ireland. <br><br> Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour on the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name – Loch Garman – from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting lake was thus named, Lake of Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjǫrðr, inlet of the mud flats, and the name has changed only slightly into its present form. For about three hundred years it was a Viking town, a city state, largely independent and owing only token dues to the Irish kings of Leinster. <br><br> In 1169 Wexford was besieged by Dermot MacMurrough Kavanagh, King of Leinster, and his Norman ally, Robert Fitz-Stephen. The Norse inhabitants resisted fiercely, until the Bishop of Ferns persuaded them to accept a settlement with Dermot. <br><br> Wexford in the Middle Ages was an Old English settlement. An old dialect of English, known as Yola, was spoken uniquely in Wexford up until the 19th century. <br><br> County Wexford produced strong support for Confederate Ireland during the 1640s. A fleet of Confederate privateers was based in Wexford town, consisting of sailors from Flanders and Spain as well as local men. Their vessels raided English Parliamentarian shipping, giving some of the proceeds to the Confederate government in Kilkenny. As a result, the town was sacked by the English Parliamentarians during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. Many of its inhabitants were killed and much of the town was burned. <br><br> County Wexford was the centre of the 1798 rebellion against English rule. Wexford town was held by the rebels throughout the fighting and was the scene of a notorious massacre of local loyalists by the United Irishmen, who executed them on the bridge in the centre of Wexford town.$
$<center><font size=4>Carrigafoyle Castle</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Carrigafoyle Castle (12in x 16in) {100.00}">12" x 16" - €100.00</option> <option value="Carrigafoyle Castle (18in x 24in) {120.00}">18" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Carrigafoyle Castle (24in x 32in) {160.00}">24" x 32" - €160.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> </center>$
$<center><font size=4>Gougane Barra</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Gougane Barra (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Gougane Barra (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Gougane Barra (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Gougane Barra (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> </center>$
$<center><font size=4>Rusty Ruin Achill</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Rusty Ruin Achill (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Rusty Ruin Achill (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Rusty Ruin Achill (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Rusty Ruin Achill (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> It's not the ruin itself that is rusty, but the corrugated iron roof. The red paint also helps with the illusion of more rust. These wonderful old ruins of one-roomed houses can still be seen in many places in Ireland. I know of a couple that were still inhabited as late as the 1990s.$
$<center><font size=4>Doon Church</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Doon Church (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Doon Church (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Doon Church (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Doon Church (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> A picture of Doon Church, Ballybunion, at sunset. Doon Church was built around 1834, shortly after Catholic Emancipation in 1829. Its position on the map is halfway between the River Cashen to the south and Beal Point to the North at a point where roads met from the north, south and east. It makes me wonder whether this was a place where secret masses were held prior to the Emancipation, possibly in the nearby Dún where people could have remained hidden behind the high fosse.$
$<center><font size=4>Golf Hotel View</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Golf Hotel View (12in x 16in) {100.00}">12" x 16" - €100.00</option> <option value="Golf Hotel View (18in x 24in) {120.00}">18" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Golf Hotel View (24in x 32in) {160.00}">24" x 32" - €160.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> A picture taken from the roof of the Golf Hotel, Ballybunion, Kerry. The last few shops on the north side of Main Street, before it hits Osone Terrace, can be seen with Ballybunion Castle on the Castle Green and the Ladies' Strand in the background.$
$<center><font size=4>Ballybunion Strands</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Ballybunion Strands (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Strands (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Strands (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Strands (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> A picture of Ballybunion's beaches on a cloudy day.$
$<center><font size=4>Lick Strand</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Lick Strand (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Lick Strand (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Lick Strand (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Lick Strand (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> This view of Lick Castle is from the rocky shore line to the south of the Leac Bábhún headland at Lick Point. <br><br> Lick, or Leck, Castle was built in the 15th century around the same time as many other 'castles along the North Kerry coastline. The full name in Irish is "Leac Bábhún," (Slab Enclosure) anglicised Lickbevune, probably to distinguish it from Leac Snamha (The Slab Beneath the Water) or Lixnaw Castle. <br><br> The tower houses along this coastline belonged to various members of the Geraldine family, planted in the Shannon Valley at the close of the 12th century. <br><br> The race were given grants by King Richard I and later grants of lands in Iveforna (O'Dorney) and Ivefarba (Ardfert) by King John. They sprang, it seems, from a nephew (Raymond) of Raymond le Gros (so named because of his corpulent body), son of William Fitz Gerald, Lord of Carew Castle ; the younger Raymond was father of Maurice, who married Johanna Fitz Henry - heiress of Rattoo, Killury, and Ballyheigue. Their son Thomas Fitz Maurice was first Baron of Kerry. <br><br> The line of these lords had held their lands for nearly two centuries before the family of Lickbevune budded from the parent stem. Richard, second son of Maurice the sixth Baron, was its founder; his father died and was laid with his fathers at Ardfert in 1398. During the following century the Clan Richard flourished and probably built Lickbevune, but the records are lost. <br><br> At last, in 1568, we read how James, son of Maurice Fitz Gerald, and others marched against Mac Maurice (Thomas Lord Kerry, son of Edmond) on behalf of the Geraldines, at that time imprisoned in London, and beset Mac Maurice closely in Lixnaw Castle. At last a sally became inevitable "to win the portion of Ireland under the feet of their enemies." The besiegers were unprepared and disastrously routed, leaving among their slain, John, son of Garrett Fitz Gerald, the heir to Lickbevune. <br><br> Again in 1582, the sons of Mac Maurice Lord Kerry plundered Ardfert. The English commander, Captain Acham ("Hatsim" as the Irish called him), without waiting for aid, attacked them with his little garrison and was defeated. Mac Maurice was a pretended adherent of the English; but he could not resist the temptation, and joined the rebels openly. Thus reinforced, they captured and destroyed the castles of northern Kerry; Lixnaw (Leac Snamha), Listowel (Listuathail), Beal (Béal), and Ballybunnion (Baile an Bhuinneanaigh) castles fell before them; and the raiders retired into the woods. <br><br> Captain Zouche (Siutse in Irish Annals), exasperated by the raid, took a prompt and terrible revenge; he held the children of some of the Geraldines, and put these innocent hostages to death. He next, a less easy task, cleared the forests, herding the rebels before him and trying to take Mac Maurice; he also reinstated the lawful owners in their dismantled towers among the rest the master of "Leac Bábhún, which was left desolate." He wasted the corn, mansions, and buildings of the insurgents, and found their hidden treasure and plate as easily as if the (Queen's) English themselves had concealed them. After these acts of vengeance, he returned to England that August, and soon afterwards "fell in a conflict." <br><br> The Desmond Rebellion of the following year gives us but little help for "Irraughte Iknoughor," (Iragh Ti Connor - The Inheritance of O'Connor) and none for the coast castles; but a map of about the same date by Baptisto Boazio marks "Castle Manian" at Ballybunion; while Speed's map of Munster, in 1610, shows "C" (castle) "Diane" (Bialle); " Lactevon " (Lacbevon) and "Castle Manian" as held by the Baron of Lixnay. The castle had reverted to (or perhaps was held under) the heads of the Fitz Maurice family. These had passed through the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, holding their own with difficulty against the vast power of the Earls of Desmond. <br><br> Thomas, the sixteenth Lord of Kerry, like many other nobles of his generation, had a romantic career, to judge from the few details remaining. On the death of his uncle and predecessor, the next of kin seized on the lands, the lawful successor being abroad, serving in the Imperial Army near Milan. A faithful old nurse sought him, and at last brought him home, when, with no little clanger and difficulty, he recovered his rights by 1553. "Thomas Fitz Maurice Baron Lacksnaway, vulgariter vocatus Baron de Kerry," as the Parliament Roll called him, he was (as we saw) of wavering loyalty till his kinsman's temporary success turned the scale, and he crowned his many lapses by open rebellion in 1582. He died on 16th December, 1590 aged 88 years. He was buried in the tomb of bishop Phillip Stack at the Cathedral of Ardfert having been refused permission to be buried in the tomb of his ancestors by the Governor of Munster, John Zouche. Thomas' son Patrick succeeded him. He also ended by joining the rebellion of the Sugan Earl in 1599. Bringing 500 foot and 30 horse against the English forces, he dismantled his castles of Béal and Lixnaw in 1599, and died broken-hearted on the 12th August, 1600, at the destruction of the latter fortress. <br><br> His son Thomas, the eighteenth Lord, succeeded to a wasted heritage and a vain resistance; his raids made his prospects more hopeless; his chief castle, Listowel, surrendered. Lixnaw was again destroyed by Sir Charles Wilmot, and "Berengary" (Ballingarry), held by his brother-in-law, Gerald Stack, was surrendered, and its chief defenders put to death in 1602. In despair he sought the mediation of a generous enemy. The Tudor Lioness had died, and he threw himself on the mercy of King James. <br><br> The new king desired peace, and granted Lord Thomas pardon, in October, 1603, and his castles and lands, 1604; among the rest the Castle of Ballyvonianagh (Ballybunion). In 1612 he got a patent in confirmation of his castles, towns, and lands of Béal and Ballenvonianige (Ballybunion), the fisheries in the Cashen and Feale; the lands of Myneolane, Mynekavane, Glanedahlen, Cahir-meade, and many others. He died in 1620. <br><br> His son Patrick, the 19th Lord of Kerry, retired to England, after rebellion broke out, and stayed there until his death in 1660, He saved his lands, but died four months before the Restoration; his son,William, succeeded.him as the 20th Lord of Kerry. <br><br> The ruins of Lick Castle stand in a fine position, on a long, low headland hardly 100 feet high, getting lower to seaward. Bounded to the south by sheer cliffs and girt by long reefs, it forms a picturesque coast-mark. There is nothing to show that a fort preceded the castle, but the probabilities are considerable. The headland was tunnelled by the sea in two places; the landward arch collapsed, leaving a cleft 21 feet wide, with parallel sides, like artificial walls, and the tower and side building rose on the edge. <br><br> The whole headland is about 365 feet long, once being joined by a natural arch to the castle. On the mainland, about 200 feet to the south-east of the castle, we find on the edge of the cliff a low earthwork, 105 feet to 84 feet, by 60 feet to 66 feet wide, with a lesser mound, 57 feet long inside, to the south-west, partly defaced by the modern ditch and fence along the cliff. A row of five- forts (including those named Lissard, Lissahope, and Lisnaraha) crown the ridge of Faha between the castle and the road, but are of little special interest.$
$<center><font size=4>Lick Castle</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Lick Castle (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Lick Castle (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Lick Castle (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Lick Castle (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> Lick, or Leck, Castle was built in the 15th century around the same time as many other 'castles along the North Kerry coastline. The full name in Irish is "Leac Bábhún," (Slab Enclosure) anglicised Lickbevune, probably to distinguish it from Leac Snamha (The Slab Beneath the Water) or Lixnaw Castle. <br><br> The tower houses along this coastline belonged to various members of the Geraldine family, planted in the Shannon Valley at the close of the 12th century. <br><br> The race were given grants by King Richard I and later grants of lands in Iveforna (O'Dorney) and Ivefarba (Ardfert) by King John. They sprang, it seems, from a nephew (Raymond) of Raymond le Gros (so named because of his corpulent body), son of William Fitz Gerald, Lord of Carew Castle ; the younger Raymond was father of Maurice, who married Johanna Fitz Henry - heiress of Rattoo, Killury, and Ballyheigue. Their son Thomas Fitz Maurice was first Baron of Kerry. <br><br> The line of these lords had held their lands for nearly two centuries before the family of Lickbevune budded from the parent stem. Richard, second son of Maurice the sixth Baron, was its founder; his father died and was laid with his fathers at Ardfert in 1398. During the following century the Clan Richard flourished and probably built Lickbevune, but the records are lost. <br><br> At last, in 1568, we read how James, son of Maurice Fitz Gerald, and others marched against Mac Maurice (Thomas Lord Kerry, son of Edmond) on behalf of the Geraldines, at that time imprisoned in London, and beset Mac Maurice closely in Lixnaw Castle. At last a sally became inevitable "to win the portion of Ireland under the feet of their enemies." The besiegers were unprepared and disastrously routed, leaving among their slain, John, son of Garrett Fitz Gerald, the heir to Lickbevune. <br><br> Again in 1582, the sons of Mac Maurice Lord Kerry plundered Ardfert. The English commander, Captain Acham ("Hatsim" as the Irish called him), without waiting for aid, attacked them with his little garrison and was defeated. Mac Maurice was a pretended adherent of the English; but he could not resist the temptation, and joined the rebels openly. Thus reinforced, they captured and destroyed the castles of northern Kerry; Lixnaw (Leac Snamha), Listowel (Listuathail), Beal (Béal), and Ballybunnion (Baile an Bhuinneanaigh) castles fell before them; and the raiders retired into the woods. <br><br> Captain Zouche (Siutse in Irish Annals), exasperated by the raid, took a prompt and terrible revenge; he held the children of some of the Geraldines, and put these innocent hostages to death. He next, a less easy task, cleared the forests, herding the rebels before him and trying to take Mac Maurice; he also reinstated the lawful owners in their dismantled towers among the rest the master of "Leac Bábhún, which was left desolate." He wasted the corn, mansions, and buildings of the insurgents, and found their hidden treasure and plate as easily as if the (Queen's) English themselves had concealed them. After these acts of vengeance, he returned to England that August, and soon afterwards "fell in a conflict." <br><br> The Desmond Rebellion of the following year gives us but little help for "Irraughte Iknoughor," (Iragh Ti Connor - The Inheritance of O'Connor) and none for the coast castles; but a map of about the same date by Baptisto Boazio marks "Castle Manian" at Ballybunion; while Speed's map of Munster, in 1610, shows "C" (castle) "Diane" (Bialle); " Lactevon " (Lacbevon) and "Castle Manian" as held by the Baron of Lixnay. The castle had reverted to (or perhaps was held under) the heads of the Fitz Maurice family. These had passed through the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, holding their own with difficulty against the vast power of the Earls of Desmond. <br><br> Thomas, the sixteenth Lord of Kerry, like many other nobles of his generation, had a romantic career, to judge from the few details remaining. On the death of his uncle and predecessor, the next of kin seized on the lands, the lawful successor being abroad, serving in the Imperial Army near Milan. A faithful old nurse sought him, and at last brought him home, when, with no little clanger and difficulty, he recovered his rights by 1553. "Thomas Fitz Maurice Baron Lacksnaway, vulgariter vocatus Baron de Kerry," as the Parliament Roll called him, he was (as we saw) of wavering loyalty till his kinsman's temporary success turned the scale, and he crowned his many lapses by open rebellion in 1582. He died on 16th December, 1590 aged 88 years. He was buried in the tomb of bishop Phillip Stack at the Cathedral of Ardfert having been refused permission to be buried in the tomb of his ancestors by the Governor of Munster, John Zouche. Thomas' son Patrick succeeded him. He also ended by joining the rebellion of the Sugan Earl in 1599. Bringing 500 foot and 30 horse against the English forces, he dismantled his castles of Béal and Lixnaw in 1599, and died broken-hearted on the 12th August, 1600, at the destruction of the latter fortress. <br><br> His son Thomas, the eighteenth Lord, succeeded to a wasted heritage and a vain resistance; his raids made his prospects more hopeless; his chief castle, Listowel, surrendered. Lixnaw was again destroyed by Sir Charles Wilmot, and "Berengary" (Ballingarry), held by his brother-in-law, Gerald Stack, was surrendered, and its chief defenders put to death in 1602. In despair he sought the mediation of a generous enemy. The Tudor Lioness had died, and he threw himself on the mercy of King James. <br><br> The new king desired peace, and granted Lord Thomas pardon, in October, 1603, and his castles and lands, 1604; among the rest the Castle of Ballyvonianagh (Ballybunion). In 1612 he got a patent in confirmation of his castles, towns, and lands of Béal and Ballenvonianige (Ballybunion), the fisheries in the Cashen and Feale; the lands of Myneolane, Mynekavane, Glanedahlen, Cahir-meade, and many others. He died in 1620. <br><br> His son Patrick, the 19th Lord of Kerry, retired to England, after rebellion broke out, and stayed there until his death in 1660, He saved his lands, but died four months before the Restoration; his son,William, succeeded.him as the 20th Lord of Kerry. <br><br> The ruins of Lick Castle stand in a fine position, on a long, low headland hardly 100 feet high, getting lower to seaward. Bounded to the south by sheer cliffs and girt by long reefs, it forms a picturesque coast-mark. There is nothing to show that a fort preceded the castle, but the probabilities are considerable. The headland was tunnelled by the sea in two places; the landward arch collapsed, leaving a cleft 21 feet wide, with parallel sides, like artificial walls, and the tower and side building rose on the edge. <br><br> The whole headland is about 365 feet long, once being joined by a natural arch to the castle. On the mainland, about 200 feet to the south-east of the castle, we find on the edge of the cliff a low earthwork, 105 feet to 84 feet, by 60 feet to 66 feet wide, with a lesser mound, 57 feet long inside, to the south-west, partly defaced by the modern ditch and fence along the cliff. There was a row of six forts (including those named Lissard, Lissahope, and Lisnaraha) on the ridge of Faha between the castle and the road, but are of little special interest. Only five can still be seen and two of those are difficult to make out.$
$<center><font size=4>Ballybunion Castle Sunset</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Ballybunion Castle Sunset (12in x 18in) {100.00}">12" x 18" - €100.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Castle Sunset (16in x 24in) {120.00}">16" x 24" - €120.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Castle Sunset (20in x 30in) {145.00}">20" x 30" - €145.00</option> <option value="Ballybunion Castle Sunset (24in x 36in) {175.00}">24" x 36" - €175.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> A magnificent sunset with beautifully coloured skies over Ballybunion Castle, Kerry. <br><br> Ballybunion Castle was built by the Geraldines in the 14th Century. It stands on the 'Castle Green', the site of an old promontory coastal fort of the "Clann Conaire". In 1582, the castle had been acquired from the Geraldines by the Bonyon family. In 1583, William Og Bonyon lost the castle and lands due to his part in the Desmond Rebellion. In 1612, the castle and lands were granted to Thomas Fitzmaurice, 16th Lord of Kerry and Lixnaw, by the English King, James 6th. By 1783, Richard Hare was in possession of the castle. From 1923 onwards, the castle has gone under the care of the Office of Public Works. In the early hours of December 26th, 2000, the castle was struck by lightning. It was not repaired, but a section at the top north side of the wall was brutally slashed off and has not, as yet, been replaced.$
$<center><font size=4>Concentric Sunset Silhouette</font><br><br> <a href="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/Other/Canvasses/10097448_hEwjD">Gallery wrapped, canvas prints.</a> <br> <form action=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp method=post> <input type=hidden name=storeid value=48140> <input type=hidden name=quantity value=1> Canvas Size<br><select name=itemname> <option value="Please Select {exclude}">Please Select</option> <option value="Concentric Sunset Silhouette (16in x 12in) {100.00}">16" x 12" - €100.00</option> <option value="Concentric Sunset Silhouette (24in x 18in) {120.00}">24" x 18" - €120.00</option> <option value="Concentric Sunset Silhouette (32in x 24in) {160.00}">32" x 24" - €160.00</option> </select> <br><br> <input type=image src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/730926864_cSdvJ-Ti.png" alt="Add to Basket"> </form><a href=http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=48140><img src="http://www.hartneyphotographics.com/photos/731453901_rjwwJ-Ti.png" border =0 alt="View Basket"></a> <br><br> </center> A picture of a low sun about to dip into the Atlantic Ocean behind the ruins of Ballybunion Castle. <br><br> The Castle was built by the Geraldines in the 14th Century. It stands on the 'Castle Green', the site of an old promontory coastal fort of the "Clann Conaire". In 1582, the castle had been acquired from the Geraldines by the Bonyon family. In 1583, William Og Bonyon lost the castle and lands due to his part in the Desmond Rebellion. In 1612, the castle and lands were granted to Thomas Fitzmaurice, 16th Lord of Kerry and Lixnaw, by the English King, James 6th. By 1783, Richard Hare was in possession of the castle. From 1923 onwards, the castle has gone under the care of the Office of Public Works. In the early hours of December 26th, 2000, the castle was struck by lightning. It was not repaired, but a section at the top north side of the wall was brutally slashed off and has not, as yet, been replaced.$

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