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Dunsoghly Castle

Coordinates: 53°25′37″N 6°19′06″W / 53.426923°N 6.318328°W / 53.426923; -6.318328
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Dunsoghly Castle
Native name
Irish: Caisleán Dún Sochlaigh
Typecastle
LocationDunsoghly,
St Margaret's, Ireland
Coordinates53°25′37″N 6°19′06″W / 53.426923°N 6.318328°W / 53.426923; -6.318328
Builtc. 1450
Dunsoghly Castle is located in Dublin
Dunsoghly Castle
Location of Dunsoghly Castle in Dublin
Official nameDunsoghly Castle
Reference no.230[1]

Dunsoghly Castle is a castle and a National Monument[2][3][4][5][6][7] located in the civil parish of St. Margarets, in Fingal, Ireland.[citation needed]

History

The castle was built around 1450 by Sir Thomas Plunket, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. It was continuously occupied until the 1870s by descendants of the same family, despite being a cramped Irish castle and uncomfortable by post-medieval standards. The four-storey tower of the castle has tapering corner turrets rising above the parapet.[citation needed]

The roof, which has served as a model for restorations at Bunratty Castle and Rothe House, is arch-braced with four oak principals; on each collar-beam stands a king-post supporting a purlin and cross-pieces below the ridge. The rafters are laid flat rather than on edge as in modern roofs and the framework is covered with split laths.[citation needed]

There is a small chapel to the south bearing the year "1573" over the door, the Instruments of the Passion and the initials of Sir John Plunket and his third wife Jenet Sarsfield. Sir John was the grandson of Sir Thomas, who built Dunsoghly, and like his grandfather he presided as Chief Justice in one of the courts of common law. Jenet was a much married lady, Sir John being the fifth of her six husbands. On the west and south are remains of earthwork defences put up during the warfare of the 1670s.[citation needed]

Dunsoghly was used as Edinburgh Castle set in the 1995 film Braveheart.[8]

References

  1. ^ "National Monuments of County Dublin in State Care" (PDF). heritageireland.ie. National Monument Service. p. 2. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Dunsoghly Castle, County Dublin".
  3. ^ "Dunsoghly Castle, St.Margarets. co.Dublin c.1450".
  4. ^ "Dunsoghly Castle".
  5. ^ "Dunsoghly Castle – Ciara Meehan".
  6. ^ "Test". Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Dunsoghly Castle, Co.Dublin".
  8. ^ "Dunsoghly". carneycastle.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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