Doe Castle County Donegal
Doe Castle, Creeslough, County Donegal, Ireland
Filmed by Martin Carberry Music by Mark Harmer
DOE CASTLE TOUR 15th Century | Donegal Ireland
The castle sits on a small peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water, with a moat cut into the rock of the landward side. Doe Castle was most likely built in the 15th century by the O'Donnell family, but by the 1440s it had come into the hands of the gallowglass MacSweeney family. The castle remained in the hands of the MacSweeney family for almost two hundred years until it fell into the hands of English settlers in the aftermath of the Plantation of Ulster in the early seventeenth century.
In 1932 the castle came into the hands of the Land Commission, and it 1934 was declared a national monument and was acquired by the Office of Public Works. The Towerhouse of the castle underwent a major restoration in the 1990s.
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Doe Castle, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Doe Castle, or Caisleán na dTuath, at Sheephaven Bay near Creeslough, County Donegal, was historically a stronghold of Clan Suibhne (Clan Sweeney), with architectural parallels to the Scottish tower house. Built in the 16th century, it is one of the better fortalices in the north-west of Ireland. It was here that Owen Roe O'Neill returned in 1642 to lead the Ulster Army of the Irish Confederate forces during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
The castle changed hands repeatedly during the 17th Century struggle for control of Ireland between the English and the Irish. It is known that in 1650, Sir Charles Coote, the Governor of Londonderry, took possession of the castle.
Eventually, the castle was bought by Sir George Vaughan Hart and inhabited by his family until 1843.
The castle sits on a small peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water, with a moat cut into the rock of the landward side.
Irish singer Brian McFadden proposed to his (now ex-) wife, Kerry Katona, at the castle in 2001, being the spot where his grandfather also proposed to his grandmother.
Taken with a Gopro Hero 4 black dji 450 naza lite gimbal hero4
The music in this video is by my good friend Ben Glover who lived in the nearby town of Glenarm.
Ben now lives in Nashville USA.
Some Bio of Ben-
The music of Americana artists mixed with traditional Irish songs were the soundtrack for Ben Glover growing up in the sleepy seaside village of Glenarm in the north of Ireland.
In the summers during studying law at university he paid his way across the Atlantic by performing Irish folk ballads, the songs of Christy Moore and The Pogues in the bars in Boston, while back home in the pubs of Ireland he was singing Dylan and Springsteen.
This theme seems to be woven throughout his life - one artist influenced by two countries connected by the Atlantic Ocean.
Ben relocated to Nashville in 2009 and immersed himself in the southern culture. He began exploring the locations that were closely associated with the music he grew up listening to.
More at 'benglover.co.uk'
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Doe Castle, Creeslough, County Donegal
Doe Castle, a stronghold of the MacSweeney Clan for almost 200 years, sits on the waterline of Sheephaven Bay on The Wild Atlantic Way off the R245 between Carrigart and Creeslough, Co. Donegal.
The Mac Sweeneys, who originally came from Scotland as Gallowglasses or Gallóglaigh mercenaries, became known as Clan tSuibhne na dTuath or Sweeneys of the Territory. The castle became Caislean na dTuath, anglicised as Doe Castle. There were at least thirteen Mac Sweeney chiefs.
The castle tower is believed to have been built in the 1420s; the bawn walls and two storey hall beside the tower in the 1620s.
Survivors of the 1588 Spanish Armada fleet were sheltered at Doe by MacSweeney chief Eoghan Og II - a man described as influential and generous with the gift of good counsel in both war and peace. The young Red Hugh O’Donnell was fostered by Eoghan Og II at Doe.
The last chief of Doe, Maolmhuire an Bhata Bhui, who was knighted by Elizabeth I, marched with Red Hugh to The Battle of Kinsale in 1601. Forty years later a large party of veteran Irish soldiers from France landed at Doe to lead the Gaelic uprising of the 1640s.
In the 1790s, the castle came into the possession of Retired General, George Vaughan Hart, who raised the bawn walls and built the new entrance beside the tower where his initials can still be seen.
Doe was later purchased by a neighbouring landlord, Stewart of Ards, and was occupied until the 1890s. It came under government control in the 1930s.
The deeply carved and highly ornamented Mac Sweeney grave-slab from the nearby Ballymacsweeney graveyard, now inside the tower house, dates from 1544.
Information panels, on the surrounding bawn walls, and inside the ground floor of the castle, chronicle its history in much more detail.
Irish singer Brian McFadden (Westlife) proposed to his (now ex-) wife, Kerry Katona, at the castle in 2001, it being the spot where his grandfather also had proposed to his grandmother.
The Castle grounds are open daily and guided tours of the towerhouse are available during the Summer months.
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Doe Castle at Sheephaven Bay near Creeslough, County Donegal, Ireland
Doe Castle, or Caisleán na dTuath, at Sheephaven Bay near Creeslough, County Donegal, was historically a stronghold of Clan Suibhne, with architectural parallels to the Scottish tower house. Built in the 16th century, it is one of the better fortalices in the north-west of Ireland.
Castles County Donegal, Ireland
A selection of some of the most beautiful castles in County Donegal, Ireland.
Castle ruins can be spotted in many areas of the county, including:
Burt Castle, (near Letterkenny)
Carrickabraghy Castle, (near Clonmany)
Doe Castle, (Cresslough)
Donegal Castle (Donegal Town)
Glenveagh Castle (near Letterkenny)
Inch Castle (inch Island, Inishowen))
Lough Eske Castle (near Donegal Town)
McSwyne Castle (Near Killybegs)
Mongavlin Castle ((near Lifford)
O'Doherty Keep (Buncrana)
Raphoe Castle (Raphoe Town)
Termon McGrath Castle (Pettigo)
DOE CASTLE CO DONEGAL IRELAND
DOE CASTLE IS IN DONEGAL IRELAND WAS THE THE HOME OF THE MCSWEENY CLAN
Donegal Castle, Co. Donegal, Ireland
The 17th Century ruins of Donegal Castle dominate the town of Donegal and as the seat of the power of the O'Donnell Chieftains, it is entwined with the history of the county and the province of Ulster. Standing on a rocky outcrop in the centre of Donegal Town, the 17th Century castle is linked to the powerful dynasties of Ulster and a fine surviving example of a Scots Planter fortified home. Donegal Castle was once the principle residence of the O'Donnells one of the leading Gaelic Clans who trace their ancestry back to Niall of the Nine Hostages of the 5th Century. With this as their centre of power the O'Donnells ruled the area of Tir Connell, much of Donegal and were renowned mariners and fishermen. However following their defeat in the Battle of Kinsale by the English in the early 17th Century, the O'Donnells left Ireland along with the O'Neills and other Gaelic chiefs, in what is known as the Flight of the Earls.
Donegal Castle was then granted to an English Captain, Basil Brooke, who rebuilt the previous medieval castle into a more comfortable residence in the 17th Century style with a fortified tower, Jacobean Manor house and curtain wall. However the Brookes weren't to stay for long and after Cromwell's rout of Ireland the castle was left to fall into ruin. The Tower House of the castle has been carefully restored to its former glory
Aerial video of Doe Castle, Co Donegal 2
Aerial photo of Doe Castle, Co Donegal 2
Doe Castle, Co. Donegal
Doe Castle, or Caisleán na dTuath, at Sheephaven Bay near Creeslough, County Donegal, was historically a stronghold of Clan Suibhne (Clan Sweeney), with architectural parallels to the Scottish tower house. Built in the 16th century, it is one of the better fortalices in the north-west of Ireland. It was here that Owen Roe O'Neill returned in 1642 to lead the Ulster Army of the Irish Confederate forces during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
The castle changed hands repeatedly during the 17th Century struggle for control of Ireland between the English and the Irish. It is known that in 1650, Sir Charles Coote, the Governor of Londonderry, took possession of the castle.
Eventually, the castle was bought by Sir George Vaughan Hart and inhabited by his family until 1843.
The castle sits on a small peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water, with a moat cut into the rock of the landward side. The structure consists mainly of high outer walls around an interior bawn with a four-storey tower-house/keep.
Filmed and edited by Proinsias Carr
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