What is recorded here
Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton is a birthplace in Gowran Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Perhaps Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton is a birthplace in Gowran Castle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Maybe the Irish archbishop entered the world inside those walls on 22 December 1736. Imagine a child arriving in a house already crowded with history, his breath misting the cold stone while waiting servants held him beneath a ceiling older than memory.
Why this person is known: Irish archbishop (1736-1809)
- Birthplace
- Gowran Castle
Places near here
Saint Mary's Church (Gowran)church/chapel · 88 yd
Church (in ruins)Church · 96 yd
Font in GowranFont · 109 yd
IndicatedTown defences · 110 yd
Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 270 yd
Bawn in Gowran DemesneBawn · 615 yd
The Pey FieldForest · 3.3 mi
HawthornHawthorn · 3.3 mi
Tullaherin Church and Round TowerVisitor information · 4.4 mi
St. Mogarra’s WellSpring · 4.7 mi
Kilbline GraveyardArchaeological place · 5.3 mi
Time CapsuleMemorial · 5.5 miOther information
Photo: William Daniell, after George Dance · Public domain