Cahir Castle

Artist(s): Jonathan Binns (Draughtsman), Louis Haghe (Lithographer), William Day (Lithographer)

View of the ruins of Cahir Castle, from the river Suir. On the right-hand side and in the foreground, a bridge on the Suir leads towards the castle. At the end of the bridge two figures are conversing. The ponderous ruin of the castle, overgrown by vegetation, towers above them. The side of a house emerges from the right-hand margin of the image.

Inscribed in Image

Signature – Sketched by Jonathan Binns. / Day and Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Caption outside of boundaries of image – Cahir Castle.

Image Details

Genre	Landscape
Technique	Lithographs
Subject(s)	Antiquities and archaeological sites, Architecture, Forts and fortifications
Geographical Location	Cahir – Town or city Cahir Castle – Castle Munster – Province Tipperary – County
Keyword(s)	Archaeological sites, Bridges, Buildings, Castles, Hats, Houses, Men, People, Rivers, Ruins, Towers
Colour	Monochrome
Dimensions	9.3 cm x 14.4 cm
Published / created	1837

Bibliographical Details

Travel Account	The Miseries and Beauties of Ireland
Contributor(s)	Jonathan Binns — Role: Author of travel text
Print or manuscript	Print
Location of image in copy	opp. p. 158, vol. 2.
Source copy	National Library of Ireland J 9141
Alternative source This is a link to a digital copy hosted by an external website.	http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006978087?urlappend=%3Bseq=179
Permalink	https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/view/image/ii_image_1370443368
Rights	Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Related text from travel account

The immediate approach to Cahir is distinguished by immense barracks, so large, indeed, that I mistook them for the town itself. The most remarkable object on entering the town, is Cahir Castle, the property of Lord Glengall. This ruin is exceedingly interesting, and of great antiquity, having been originally built, I believe, in the year 600, by Conan, king of Thomond, and monarch of Ireland. It rises from the rocky bed // of the river Suire, which flows through his lordship's estate. Its grey towers are wreathed with ivy, and its portcullis and dungeon-keep still remain as mementos of periods of ferocity and bloodshed. A neat cottage, and garden abounding with rhododendrons and other beautiful shrubs, adjoins the castle, and, along with part of the home land, is occupied by Captain Brogden. [pp. 158-159]