Glinsk Castle

Glinsk Castle
Glinsk Castle
	Native name; Irish: Caisleán Ghlinsce
Type	Tower house
Location	Glinsk, County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates	53.652008°N 8.432011°W
Built	mid-17th century
National Monument of Ireland
Official name	Glinsk Castle
Reference no.	439
	Location of Glinsk Castle in Ireland

Glinsk Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.[1]

Location

Glinsk Castle is located in the centre of Glinsk village, halfway between Creggs and Ballymoe, in the valley of the River Suck.

History

Glinsk Castle was built in the mid-17th century (begun c. 1628) and is reputed to be the last castle built in Ireland (obviously this depends on one's definition of "castle", for example Glenveagh Castle was constructed in 1870). It was the seat of the Burke baronets of Glinsk. It was gutted by fire, leaving it well preserved.[2][3] In 1829 Skeffington Gibbon described it as "a terrific roofless pile, haunted by a colony of rats."[4]

Castle

Another view of the castle

The castle stands on a limestone floor overlooking the countryside; famously, one can see all five counties of Connacht.

The castle is rectangular with two towers protruding to the south. It has two chimney shafts, each a battery of five diagonal stacks. The windows are mullioned with weepers. Defensive features included gun loops, bartizans and high basements. It was once surrounded by a bawn wall with turrets but little of that remains.[3]

References

Tibus, Website design and development by. "Glinsk Castle - Attractions - Historic Houses and Castles - All Ireland - Republic of Ireland - Galway - Glinsk - Discover Ireland". www.discoverireland.ie.
"Glinsk Castle Galway Glinsk Castle Ireland". williamstown.galway-ireland.ie.
"Glinsk Castle". www.glinsk.ie.
Gibbon, Skeffington (1829). The Recollections of Skeffington Gibbon, from 1796 to the Present Year 1829: Being an Epitome of the Lives and Characters of the Nobility and Gentry of Roscommon; the Genealogy of Those who are Descended from the Kings of Connaught; and a Memoir of the Late Madame O'Conor Don. J. Blundell. p. 16 – via Internet Archive. Glinsk Castle.

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[1] Tibus, Website design and development by. "Glinsk Castle - Attractions - Historic Houses and Castles - All Ireland - Republic of Ireland - Galway - Glinsk - Discover Ireland". www.discoverireland.ie.

[2] "Glinsk Castle Galway Glinsk Castle Ireland". williamstown.galway-ireland.ie.

[glinsk.ie-3] "Glinsk Castle". www.glinsk.ie.

[4] Gibbon, Skeffington (1829). The Recollections of Skeffington Gibbon, from 1796 to the Present Year 1829: Being an Epitome of the Lives and Characters of the Nobility and Gentry of Roscommon; the Genealogy of Those who are Descended from the Kings of Connaught; and a Memoir of the Late Madame O'Conor Don. J. Blundell. p. 16 – via Internet Archive. Glinsk Castle.