Knappogue Castle is a tower house in the parish of Quin, County Clare, Ireland. It was constructed in 1467 and extended in the middle of the 19th century. Now that the structure has been renovated, guided tours are available. Seán Mac Conmara, the son of Síoda Mac Conmara, constructed the original castle in 1467, and it is a fine example of a late medieval tower house. The fortress was converted into a headquarter of the MacNamara or Mac Conmara sect in 1571. Donnchadh Mac Conmara led the Irish Rebellion in 1641, and MacNamara had control of Knappogue during the 1640s Irish Confederate Wars. The castle was occupied by Arthur Smith between 1659 and 1661. Knappogue was given back to its MacNamara proprietors in 1660, following the restoration of the crown. The Scott family of Cahircon eventually purchased the castle in 1800 after Francis MacNamara, the High Sheriff of Clare in 1789, gave it to them. The Scott family then undertook extensive renovation and expansion projects. Baron Dunboyne, Theobold Fitzwalter Butler, purchased the castle in 1855. The Dunboyne family used it as their family seat. They carried out the restoration work of the Scotts, adding a drawing room, a long room, and a west wing with the doorway and clock tower. The East Clare Flying Column provided security for the Clare County Council meetings, which took place at Knappogue Castle during the War of Independence. The Quinn family acquired the castle in 1927 when the Irish Land Commission bought the Knappogue demesne. Then, in 1966, Mark Edwin Andrews, a former Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy, bought the castle and surrounding acreage in Houston, Texas. The castle thereafter reverted to much of its original 15th-century state, incorporating and preserving later modifications that documented the ongoing habitation of the castle. The castle was bought by Shannon Development in 1996. The castle now hosts guided tours and serves as a location for medieval feasts and weddings [Information and Image Credit : Knappogue_Castle, Wikipedia] [Wikipedia-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knappogue_Castle ] [Image : Knappogue Castle; Wikipedia-Image-Author : https://www.flickr.com/people/sitomon/ ] [Image is availed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License; (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property and Sharing, Remixing or Attributing the Work)] [License-Link : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en ] [Wikipedia-Image-Source-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Knappogue_Castle.jpg ] #Castles#History
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