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Old Castle

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Old Castle
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Corner-sited freestanding former bell tower to Franciscan friary, built c. 1240. Square-profile tower, exposed random rubble walls, buttresses to all elevations, crow stepped crenellated parapet. Pointed arch traceried window opening and pointed arch window openings. Square-headed door opening with stone lintel,…

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Corner-sited freestanding former bell tower to Franciscan friary, built c. 1240. Square-profile tower, exposed random rubble walls, buttresses to all elevations, crow stepped crenellated parapet. Pointed arch traceried window opening and pointed arch window openings. Square-headed door opening with stone lintel, vertically sheeted timber door accessed by flight of stone steps. Bell tower situated on corner. Recent protective railing encases tower to south and west, squared rubble wall with coping to north. Plaques to west elevation.
This tower was once the bell tower to the Franciscan friary which occupied this site. The Friary no longer survives yet the tower remains as a fitting monument to a past period in Irish history. It was on this site in 1315 that twenty-two friars were killed by Bruce's soldiers and in the early sixteenth century the friary wall were destroyed. This tower stands as an important monument and holds importance for the role the friary played in creating the prosperous town.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13705100

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • GilPe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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