Ormond Castle

Ormonde Castle (Irish: Caisleán Urmhumhan) is a castle on the River Suir on the east side of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The River Suir (ʃuːr Irish An tSiúr or Abhainn na Siúire) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Waterford Carrick-on-Suir (Carraig na Siuire is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann is a County in Ireland situated in the Province of Munster. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The oldest part of the existing castle is a mid-15th century walled bawn cornered on the northeast and northwest by towers.

History of Ormonde Castle

Built before 1315, the original castle was acquired that year by the Butler Family—of whom James Butler would eventually be granted the title, 1st Earl of Ormonde. James Butler 1st Earl of Ormonde (c1305- January 6, 1337 Gowran Co

Sometime after 1565, Thomas Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde, (referred to sometimes as the 10th Earl of Ormonde) spent many years at the court of his cousin, through Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I. Thomas Butler 10th Earl of Ormonde and 3rd Earl of Ossory, was born circa 1531 and died on 22 November 1614. Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536 was the Queen of England as the second wife of Henry VIII of England. He carried from England a regard for Elizabethan-style architecture, and added a Tudor manor house to the property, the first of its kind in Ireland. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Romance and reality The Victorian era and the early twentieth century idealised the Elizabethan era The Tudor style in architecture is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period (1485&ndash1603 and even beyond for conservative college

In the 17th century the house was a favourite residence for James Butler, the 'Great Duke of Ormonde', but the Butlers abandoned the home after James' death in 1688. James Butler 1st Duke of Ormonde ( October 19, 1610 &ndash July 21 1688) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier The home remained a possession of the family, however, until the middle of the 20th century. In 1947, the house was given over to government conservationists, who took great pains to restore the historic structures.

The Manor House

The beauty of the manor house is enhanced by the generous mullioned windows on both floors to the front, and the elegant oriel windows of the porch in the centre of the facade. A mullion is a structural element which divides adjacent Window units The gallery on the first floor features two beautifully carved stone chimney pieces, plus a ceiling and frieze of Elizabethan plaster-work. A chimney is a system for venting hot Flue gases or Smoke from a Boiler, Stove, Furnace or Fireplace to the outside A ceiling is an overhead interior surface that bounds the upper limit of a room. In Architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an Entablature and may be plain or &ndash in the Ionic or Corinthian order &ndash The term plaster can refer to plaster of Paris Lime plaster, or Cement plaster.

The U-shape of the manor house surrounds a small courtyard, that abuts the north of the castle's bawn. For alternative meanings of the word "court" see Court (disambiguation. The manor has two floors and a gabled attic. A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof An attic is a space found directly below the pitched Roof of a house or other building (also called garret, Loft or

The most notable restoration achievement was that of the long gallery on the first floor of the front facade, where the ceiling had largely collapsed. This fine room, once hung with tapestries, has a magnificent limestone fireplace bearing the date 1565, and stucco representations of Queen Elizabeth flanked by Equity and Justice. Tapestry is a form of Textile art. It is woven by hand on a vertical Loom. Limestone is a Sedimentary rock composed largely of the Mineral Calcite ( Calcium carbonate: CaCO3 Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water Equity is the name given to the set of legal principles in jurisdictions following the English common law tradition which supplement strict rules of law where JUSTICE is a Human rights and law reform organisation based in the United Kingdom. In fact, it is said that she had promised her cousin that she would one day honour him with a visit.