Ballintober Castle, Co. Roscommon

Ballintober Castle, Co. Roscommon

Castle

Lantern slide depicting Ballintober Castle, Co. Roscommon. Originally titled 'Ballintober Castle, Co. Roscommon' with another titled scratched out, saying 'Roscommon Castle. Co. Roscommon' and labelled 'R 9'. There is some debate over the origins and builder of the monument Ballintober Castle. It is widely beleived that the monument was built by the O'Connors of Connacht, with a story that Felim O'Connor order the construction of the monument In Ballintober, Mayo, and when he disocvered it had been built in Roscommon in error, he order a second, grander one to be built in Mayo. However, due to the particular layout of the interior, e.g the high number of residential rooms there are theories that the Castle is of Norman contruction. However, It is generally agreed that the monument was built in the 12th century. The monument is a keelpless castle and was attacked and burnt a number of times over the 1300's.

Holly Cooper

The Discovery Programme

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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RSAI, Lantern Slide, BOX 38

BOX38_009

19/08/15

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

RSAI Lantern Slide Collection

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7567 x 7559 pixels

Lantern Slides

Country: Ireland

County: Roscommon

Logainm Code: https://www.logainm.ie/100027.aspx

Town: Ballintober

Logainm Townland: https://www.logainm.ie/43378.aspx

Irish National Grid East: 72602

Irish National Grid North: 74786

Position Source: http://irish.gridreferencefinder.com

Latitude: 53.722212

Longitude: -8.4158358

Place: Ballintober Castle, Co. Roscommon Latitude: 53.7221968 Longitude: -8.415706

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)