Craig Owhny Castle in the County of Tipperary

Artist(s): Thomas Dineley (Draughtsman)

View of what the author calls Craigh Owhny or Cragg Owhny Castle, in Co. Tipperary. The tower house and adjacent buildings stand on top of a cliff, encircled by walls. A brook is in the foreground. The image is within a circular frame.

Inscribed in Image

Caption within boundaries of image – Craig Owhny Castle in the County of Tipperary
Text within boundaries of image – A brook with the best Trouts

Image Details

Genre	Landscape
Technique	Pen and ink drawings
Subject(s)	Antiquities and archaeological sites, Architecture
Geographical Location	Cragg Castle – Castle Munster – Province Tipperary – County
Keyword(s)	Archaeological sites, Birds, Buildings, Castles, Hills, Towers, Trees
Colour	Monochrome
Dimensions	9.5 cm x 9.5 cm
Published / created	1681

Bibliographical Details

Travel Account	Observations in a Voyage through the Kingdom of Ireland
Contributor(s)	Thomas Dineley — Role: Author of travel text
Print or manuscript	Manuscript
Location of image in copy	p. 210
Source copy	National Library of Ireland MS 392
Permalink	https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/view/image/ii_image_1375101161
Rights	Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Related text from travel account

From Carickenlish to Craigh owhny or Cragg Owhny, in the county Palatine of Tipperary is 6 miles. <br/>Cragg Owhny anglice Rock Owhny (the Principall seat belonging anciently to the Riians whose monument and Inscripction I have touched off in Abby Owhny) Now in the Hands of Richard Lee Esquire [pp. 210-211]