Ink wash drawing of Rathlaheen Castle, near Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare. A tower house and adjacent building are surrounded by a wall that appear to be breached opposite the main door of the castle. There are trees in the background. Another building with an ornate entrance stands just outside the wall, to the right of the castle. A variety of figures add animation to the landscape. In the foreground, on the left, a pasted fragment of printed plate represents women dancing in a circle. On the right, a couple stand with their backs to the viewer. Another two figures are seen further away, on the left; one of them is gesturing towards the castle. A horseman is passing nearby, and a crouching figure in the centre of the image has just fired a gun. A dog resembling a greyhound looks on. A shooting star or comet is seen in the sky near the top of the tower. The image is bounded by an octagonal frame. <br>The comet is the subject of a separate sketch and description by Dineley (see 'The Blazing Starr'). Rathlaheen appears variously as Ratholahin, Rathlagheen, Ralahine, Rathlathin, Rathlahine and Ralahin. Its Irish name is Ráth Fhlaithín (Logainm) rather than Ráth an Lochán as has been suggested. <br><br>Sources:<br>The Archaeological Survey of Ireland, at http://webgis.archaeology.ie/historicenvironment/, record no. CL051-040----. Accessed 15.1.2018.<br>Logainm, Dublin City University, at https://www.logainm.ie/. Accessed 15.1.2018.<br>Evelyn Philip Shirley et al. (eds), ‘Extracts from the Journal of Thomas Dineley, Esquire’, <em>Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society</em>, new series, vol. 6, no. 1 (1867), pp. 82-83.
Inscribed in Image
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Caption within boundaries of image
– Rallahine Castle
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Image Details
| Genre |
Landscape
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| Technique |
Collages,
Engravings,
Wash drawings
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| Subject(s) |
Antiquities and archaeological sites,
Architecture,
Forts and fortifications,
Rural life
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| Geographical Location |
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Clare
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County
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Munster
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Province
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Newmarket-on-Fergus
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Town or city
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Rathlaheen Castle
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Castle
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| Keyword(s) |
Archaeological sites,
Birds,
Buildings,
Castles,
Comets,
Dogs,
Firearms,
Gates,
Hats,
Horses,
Houses,
Hunting,
Lands,
Men,
People,
Soldiers,
Sports & recreation,
Towers,
Trees,
Women
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| Colour |
Handcoloured
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| Dimensions |
11.2 cm x 11.2 cm |
| Published / created |
1681 |
| Closely related image |
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Bibliographical Details
| Travel Account |
Observations in a Voyage through the Kingdom of Ireland
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| Contributor(s) |
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| Print or manuscript |
Manuscript |
| Location of image in copy |
p. 167 |
| Source copy |
National Library of Ireland
MS 392
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| Permalink |
https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/view/image/ii_image_1374763395 |
| Rights |
Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland |
Related text from travel account
| Rathlahine Castle An Ancient Castle built by John Macnamarra Esq<sup>r</sup> it is founded upon and among Rocks It bilonged since to S<sup>r</sup> William King Gouvernor of Limerick, and is now in the Hands of Giles Vanderlure Esq<sup>r</sup> who hath built unto it the fairest stable of the County. [p. 167] |
