Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O'Garas of Coolavin
"Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht. First constructed in the fifteenth century by the O'Garas, the castle functioned as a centre of their lordship of Coolavin. This study of Moygar...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Four Courts Press
2023
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht. First constructed in the fifteenth century by the O'Garas, the castle functioned as a centre of their lordship of Coolavin. This study of Moygara Castle marshals various fields of expertise - history, archaeology, architecture, geography, genealogy, geophysical survey and DNA analysis - to provide much-needed information about life in later-medieval Gaelic Ireland." |
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| Beschreibung: | 285 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781846827976 978-1-84682-797-6 |