TRIM CASTLE | LARGEST Anglo-Norman CASTLE in IRELAND!
Trim Castle is the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland. Built in 1178 for over a period of 30 years. It is also known for the part it played in the Mel Gibson directed and award winning film, Braveheart.
Trim Castle - Trim, Ireland
David's Been Here brings you northwest of Dublin to the town of Trim. Here David checks out the 12th Century Trim Castle, which was the first stone castle to be built in Ireland, and is also the largest Norman Castle in the country as well. Open to the public, you can wander in and around this ancient fortress, with its beautiful grounds, moat, ancient structural defense and more. Seen in the final scene of the movie Braveheart, visit this unique, unforgettable castle with the David's Been Here Guide to Ireland, now available for your Kindle as well.
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Trim Castle - Trim, Ireland
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Trim Castle Ireland 800years ago
Trim Castle Ireland filmed from the Air using Imposed images & video from the past that brings the castle to life as it may have felt 800 years ago. Beautiful Irish landscape views in this video. This castle was used as the film location of York castle in England during the filming of the movie Braveheart.
Trim Castle - Trim, Ireland
The Castle was used as a centre of Norman administration for the Lordship of Meath, one of the new administrative areas of Ireland created by King Henry II of England.
The site was chosen because it is on raised ground, overlooking a fording point on the River Boyne. The area was an important early medieval ecclesiastical and royal site that was navigable in medieval times by boat up the River Boyne, about 25 miles from the Irish Sea. Trim Castle is referred to in the Norman poem The Song of Dermot and the Earl.
Hugh de Lacy took possession of it in 1172. De Lacy built a huge ringwork castle defended by a stout double palisade and external ditch on top of the hill. There may also have been further defences around the cliffs fringing the high ground. Part of a stone footed timber gatehouse lies beneath the present stone gate at the west side of the castle.
De Lacy left Ireland entrusting the castle to Hugh Tyrrel, baron of Castleknock, one of his chief lieutenants. The ringwork was attacked and burnt by forces of the Gaelic High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair; Tyrrel, having appealed in vain for help, was forced to flee. Ua Conchobair soon withdrew and De Lacy immediately rebuilt the castle in 1173. His son Walter continued rebuilding and the castle was completed c. 1224.
TRIM CASTLE - IRELAND
Trim Castle is a Norman castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland. With an area of 30,000 m², it is the largest Norman castle in Ireland. Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as the caput of the Lordship of Meath.
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Trim Castle's Unique Keep, Outside and Inside Views
We are down at Trim Co Meath for a few days break. Trim has got a number of ancient ecclesiastical and castle sites within easy walking distance of the town. Here overlooking the River Boyne is the fantastic Norman Trim Castle featured in Mel Gibson's Braveheart film.
Here is the Keep. Is this the largest Norman Castle Keep in Ireland?
The design of the central three-story keep (also known as a donjon or great tower) is unique for a Norman keep being of cruciform shape, with twenty corners. t was built on the site of the previous large ring work fortification in at least three stages, initially by Hugh de Lacy (c. 1174) and then in 1196 and 1201–5 by Walter de Lacy. The castle interior was partially the subject of an archaeological dig by David Sweetman of OPW in the 1970s and more extensively by Alan Hayden in the 1990s.
Braveheart (1995) Location - Trim Castle, County Meath, Republic of Ireland
The walls of 'York': William Wallace (Mel Gibson) leads his men in an attack on this castle's walls with a huge battering ram (a huge set was built here, attached to the castle walls to look like the gates to the city)
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Drive through video of Trim, County Meath, Republic of Ireland,
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The third video, made with DJI Mavic Pro drone, stunning Trim castle, in county Meath, Ireland. Castle was built in about 12th century, that is the largest Norman castle in Ireland, with an area of 30,000 m²!
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Trim Castle, County Meath, Ireland - Best Irish Castles
And who out there haven't seen Braveheart movie and fell in love with the scenes as well as the places it was shot at? Almost all of us have seen this movie several times and wondered about the locations for some of the scenes, which one of them happens to be at the Trim Castle in County Meath, Ireland (
Trim Castle is a Norman castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, where it is considered the biggest Norman castle. This castle was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as the caput of the Lordship of Meath.
Apart from the history that this castle carries and which makes it one important destination for all those who are visiting County Meath in Ireland, this castle has also gained all this popularity due to the scenes that were taken in it in Braveheart movie which was directed by Mel Gibson.
Looking back into the history of this castle which is considered one of the finest castles that dates back to the Norman time and which is still standing in Ireland, we should mention that it was built in 1173, leaving all the people until this very day overwhelmed with the building they are exposed to and which they tend to visit whenever they come to visit this county.
Most of the historical buildings that we tend to see nowadays are not in the same form they were built in, we end up facing some of the ruins that remained, which is the same with St. Mary's Abbey in Trim Castle, which was thought to be found by St. Patrick, but which without denying will still catch your breath by seeing it - we should all agree that it feels good to be exposed to those remains and ruins of old buildings.
Yes, it is known as Trim Castle and has always been famously remembered with that, but it is also referred to as the Yellow Steeple due to the color that the stones appear in when they are exposed to the sun - but due to the cloudy weather in Ireland, we were not able to bring that to you in the video - unfortunately.
Trim Castle is located on River Boyne which is located in Leinster and is about 112 kilometers long, rising at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, county Kildare and flows towards the northeast through county Meath, where Trim Castle is located, to reach the Irish sea between Mornington, county Meath, and Baltray, county Louth.
From the things that make Trim castle a different historical building and a place that one must visit is the three-storey stone keep, or the main building, which is the definitive stronghold; it possess a bewildering 20 sides and three of its original four towers still flank it. Trim castle stands tall behind the curtain wall which was built to protect it from potential invaders.
We consider this as one of the best Irish castles that could be found out there, so we should mention some of the other ones which could complete the list; we believe that Kilkenny Castle, Slane Castle, and Carrickfergus Castle stand on the long list of best castles to be found in Ireland which people should always think about visiting and checking the history carried behind them.
County Meath, in which Trim Castle is located, is just north of Dublin, in eastern Ireland, and it has always been famously known for its archaeological sites especially Brú na Bóinne in the Boyne Valley. There are different other destinations to head for when it comes to the attractions of county Meath, such as the Newgrange which is a prehistoric site with monuments, the Hill of Tara which is a hilltop archaeological site that dates back to the iron age, Dowth passage tomb, the National Gallery of Ireland which is a grand collection of European art spanning the 14th to the 20th century, the Ardgillan Castle, the Wonderful Barn, and that of course comes in addition to checking and enjoying a walk by the Boyne River which you will of course manage to do during your visit to the Trim Castle.
We have been to Trim Castle to bring this video to you and we definitely fell in love with the whole place and the views it gave us since it is situated on River Boyne and thus it will be a recommended place for all those visitors and tourists who will be visiting Ireland and will be specifically in County Meath.
Some other castle in Northern Ireland include Dunluce Castle ( Enniskillen Castle ( Antrim Castle Gardens ( as well as those others which you might choose according to the nearest to your place.
Have you been to county Meath before? If you have been then share with us your experience about the place and let us know what did you like the most, if not then we are here giving you all the encouragement needed to think about it, make a plan, and then head forward to it.
Greetings from Trim Castle in Ireland
In this commentary filmed at Trim Castle, Bishop Barron offers some reflections from his recent missionary journey to Ireland for the 2018 World Meeting of Families.
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Hill of Irish Kinds and Trim Castle where Braveheart was filmed
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Trim Castle - Ireland's Ancient East
The Castle was used as a centre of Norman administration for the Lordship of Meath, one of the new administrative areas of Ireland created by King Henry II of England. Hugh de Lacy took possession of it in 1172. De Lacy built a huge ringwork castle defended by a stout double palisade and external ditch on top of the hill. There may also have been further defences around the cliffs fringing the high ground. Part of a stone footed timber gatehouse lies beneath the present stone gate at the west side of the castle. De Lacy left Ireland entrusting the castle to Hugh Tyrrel, baron of Castleknock, one of his chief lieutenants. The ringwork was attacked and burnt by forces of the Gaelic High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair; Tyrrel, having appealed in vain for help, was forced to flee. Ua Conchobair soon withdrew and De Lacy immediately rebuilt the castle in 1173. His son Walter continued rebuilding and the castle was completed c. 1224. The next phase of the castle's development took place at the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th century; a new great hall (with undercroft and attached solar in a radically altered curtain tower), a new forebuilding, and stables were added to the keep. On Walter's death in 1241 his granddaughter Mathilda ('Maud') inherited the castle. Her second husband was Geoffrey de Geneville, Lord of Vaucouleurs in France. Mathilda died in 1304, and Geoffrey entered the priory at St. Mary's in Trim. His son had died in 1292 and the estate passed to his oldest daughter, Joan. In 1301, Joan married Roger Mortimer and the castle passed to the Mortimer family who held it until 1425, when the line died out.[3] The estate passed to the next heir in the female line, Richard of York, who was killed at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. In 1461, Richard's son, Edward IV, appointed Germyn Lynch of London to be his representative at Trim.
The inside of one of the towers of Trim Castle.
The castle site was chosen because it is on raised ground, overlooking a fording point on the River Boyne. The area was an important early medieval ecclesiastical and royal site that was navigable in medieval times by boat up the River Boyne, about 25 miles from the Irish Sea. Trim Castle is referred to in the Norman poem The Song of Dermot and the Earl.
During the late Middle Ages, Trim Castle was the centre of administration for Meath and marked the outer northern boundary of The Pale. In the 16th and 17th centuries it had declined in importance, except as a potentially important military site, and the castle was allowed to deteriorate. During the 15th century the Irish Parliament met in Trim Castle seven times and a mint operated in the castle.
The Castle fell into decline in the 16th century but was refortified during the Irish Confederate Wars in the 1640s. In 1649 after the sacking of Drogheda, the garrison of Trim fled to join other Irish forces and the place was occupied by the army of Oliver Cromwell.
After the wars of the 1680s, the castle was granted to the Wellesley family who held it until Arthur Wellesley (the Duke of Wellington), sold it to the Leslies. In following years it passed via the Encumbered Estates Court into the hands of the Dunsany Plunketts. They left the lands open and from time to time allowed various uses, with part of the Castle Field rented for some years by the Town Council as a municipal dump, and a small meeting hall for the Royal British Legion erected. The Dunsanys held the Castle and surrounds until 1993, when after years of discussion, Lord Dunsany sold the land and buildings to the State, retaining only river access and fishing rights.
The Office of Public Works began a major programme of exploratory works and conservation, costing over six million euro, including partial restoration of the moat and the installation of a protective roof. The castle was re-opened to the public in 2000.
Trim Castle
Trim Castle, the largest Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland, was constructed over a thirty-year period by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter. Hugh de Lacy was granted the Liberty of Meath by King Henry II in 1172 in an attempt to curb the expansionist policies of Richard de Clare, (Strongbow). Construction of the massive three storied Keep, the central stronghold of the castle, was begun c. 1176 on the site of an earlier wooden fortress. This massive twenty-sided tower, which is cruciform in shape, was protected by a ditch, curtain wall and moat.