On an island in the river Suir stands Cahir Castle, one of the biggest castles of Ireland. The Thomond King Conchobar Ua Briain began construction on it in 1142 A.D.. The castle, which is now located in the heart of Cahir, County Tipperary, is well-maintained and offers multilingual audiovisual displays and guided tours. The cathair or stone fort, which gave the area its name, was located on and close to the site of the castle. The O Brien family built the main structure of the castle in the thirteenth century. The castle was constructed in two sections, the side along the street having been completed 200 years prior to the side containing the current audio-visual exhibition. The castle, which was given to the wealthy Butler family in the late fourteenth century, was expanded and renovated between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. It was largely repaired in the 1840s after it was reduced to ruins in the late 18th century. In 1840, the Great Hall underwent a partial rebuild. James Butler, the newly appointed Earl of Ormond, received the castle in 1375 as payment for his allegiance to Edward III. Even though his offspring were not themselves aristocratic, his son James by his second marriage, the second Earl, left the estates around the baronies of Iffa and Offa West to his children. By the time the first of the Barons Cahir was established in 1542 A.D., this practice had changed. This Butler dynasty line supported the Roman Catholic Irish in the Elizabethan wars, in contrast to their Anglican relatives. The forces of earl of Essex took control of the fortress in 1599 following a three-day siege, and Sir Charles Blount was given command of it for a full year. In 1601, Lord Cahir allied himself with the Earl of Tyrone; he was accused of treason but eventually granted a full clemency. In 1627, the son-in-law of Cahir, Lord Dunboyne, murdered his distant cousin, James Prendergast, at the castle as part of a family succession issue. He was prosecuted for the murder but found not guilty. The fortress was under attack twice during the Irish Confederate Wars. Upon his victory at the Battle of Knocknanauss in 1647, Murrough O Brien, 6th Baron Inchiquin, demanded the surrender of George Mathew, the guardian of the young Lord Cahir. During invasion of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell in 1650, he again submitted to him without exchanging fire. The last Lord Cahir passed away in 1961, and the Irish government acquired ownership of the castle! [Information-Credit : Cahir_Castle, Wikipedia ; Wikipedia-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahir_Castle ] Image: Tower of Cahir Castle in Ireland ; Image-Credit : Людмила Шалимова , Pexels; Image-Source-Link : https://www.pexels.com/photo/tower-of-cahir-castle-in-ireland-12860067/ (Please Relate to Source Image-URL for More Image Usage Property and License)] #Architecture
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