Have you ever ever fancied proudly owning your individual fortress? Properly, if that’s the case, this property may be the one for you.
he historic Clonony Citadel in Co Offaly, is now in the marketplace for an undisclosed sum on Daft.ie.
Marketed as a three-bed, two-bathroom, “indifferent” property, the itemizing mentioned Clonony Citadel close to Shannon Bridge, has been a “distinguished landmark for the reason that late 1490s when constructed by the MacCoughlan Clan”.
Standing at roughly 15 metres, the fortress is surrounded by a bawn wall with a proper entrance, and various smaller towers, with the stays of an previous church at one nook.
The fortress is three storeys excessive and roughly three acres of land can be included within the sale.
In response to the outline, the fortress has all of the options of a tower home of this era similar to a “homicide gap, base batter, mural passages, spiral staircase, gun-loops, round-headed, ogee-headed and flat headed home windows, and garderobes”.
As one would possibly count on, the property is BER exempt so could also be chilly on chilly winter nights.
The outline goes on to explain the fortress as “the best of the numerous castles constructed by the MacCoughlan Clan”.
“Standing proud and majestic on a limestone outcrop and commanding panoramic views out over the encircling countryside,” it mentioned.
“This medieval Irish fortress is wealthy in historical past and folklore, having been seized by Henry VIII within the early 1500s and subsequently granted by him to Thomas Boleyn, in a strategic transfer while making him Earl of Ormond, thus conferring the title of Countess on his daughter Anne, elevating her to a titled place appropriate for Henry VIII to then marry her.
“Nevertheless, when Anne of Boleyn fell dramatically out of favour, a part of her household fled to Eire and the relative security of Clonony Citadel, the place her nieces Mary and Elizabeth remained for the remainder of their lives, and the place they’re reputed to be buried.
“Their tombstone lies beneath a hawthorn tree within the Citadel bawn. The grave was found in 1803, roughly 100 yards from the fortress.
“The inscription on the eight toes by 4 toes, limestone flag reads: ‘Right here underneath leys Elisabeth and Mary Bullyn, daughters of Thomas Bullyn, son of George Bullyn the son of George Bullyn Viscount Rochford son of Sir Thomas Bullyn Erle of Ormond and Willsheere.’ At a later stage within the 1800s they have been moved to Gallen Priory,” it concludes.
