Crevenish Castle is a ruined castle and
bawn
A bawn is the defensive wall surrounding an Irish tower house. It is the anglicised version of the Irish word ''bábhún'' (sometimes spelt ''badhún''), possibly meaning "cattle-stronghold" or "cattle-enclosure".See alternative traditional s ...
in
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of and had a population of 63,585 as of 2021. Enniskillen is the ...
,
Northern Ireland
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, 3k south-west of
Kesh at grid ref: H165626. It is privately owned.
History
The castle was built about 1618 by
Thomas Blenerhasset
Thomas Blenerhasset (c.1550–1624) was an English poet and writer on Ireland.
Life
He was a younger son of William Blenerhasset of Horsford Park, near Norwich, who died in 1598. He was probably born about 1550, and was, according to his own acco ...
(died 1624) of
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...
, whose brother built Castle Caldwell.
[ He was a writer, and published a pamphlet ''Directions for the Plantation of Ulster''. He was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Leonard Blennerhassett (died 1639).]Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was an uprising in Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers. Their demands included an end to anti-Catholic discrimination, greater Irish self-governance, and ...
in Fermanagh, who died in 1648.[ The castle subsequently returned to Blennerhassett hands, to Henry, son of Sir Leonard, who became MP for ]County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of six counties of Northern Ireland.
The county covers an area of and had a population of 63,585 as of 2021. Enniskillen is the ...
in 1664, and High sheriff for the county.[ However, by 1697 the house was being reported as ruinous.][
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Features
In 1618/19 Captain Nicholas Pynnar reported the castle as being 'a house of stone and lime, slated, two and a half storeys high'. A church was also begun and a small village of six houses.[ Two and a half storeys remain standing, with a square tower and loopholed windows.][ It is built of limestone with, on the north side, an inset centre section with a tower-like projection on either.][
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See also
*List of castles in Northern Ireland
This List of Castles in Ireland, be they in Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) or in the Republic of Ireland, is organised by county within their respective jurisdiction.
Republic of Ireland
County Carlow
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County Cavan
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County Clare
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References
Castles in County Fermanagh
Ruined castles in Northern Ireland
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