tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post3423881356420379640..comments2024-03-04T00:18:59.554+00:00Comments on Ireland In Ruins: Puck's Castle Co DublinCastlehunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11225021319443029751noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-28357052896029639212021-02-28T17:43:53.697+00:002021-02-28T17:43:53.697+00:00A beautiful place to visit. Features very much int...A beautiful place to visit. Features very much intact .A pity it is not protected.<br />Cows very much in evidence!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054898180730730438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-59109515554535838562020-12-14T01:34:55.575+00:002020-12-14T01:34:55.575+00:00My understanding Ross is that it belongs to the fa...My understanding Ross is that it belongs to the family.<br /><br />I agree with you. It should be owned by the State, presumably through the Office of Public Works.<br /><br />I believe that the Gombeen class in ireland is not really interested in history or native culture. Its own history is a grasping climb from the time of the Great Hunger, on the backs of its own native people, chortling in its little "cute hoor" escapades and yielding everything of real importance to the invader. There is not much to celebrate in that history, to be fair. So now it looks no further back than the rung upon which it is perched and the next one above.Diarmuidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344265121545227150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-53077216504246182532020-12-13T05:07:00.207+00:002020-12-13T05:07:00.207+00:00Any idea who owns this. Does the DLRC or is it pri...Any idea who owns this. Does the DLRC or is it privately owned. Shane to see it fall apart more and more each year. Where as the English restore and protect these type of structures Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08911334159979589834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-77541354401333898622020-11-16T20:21:49.124+00:002020-11-16T20:21:49.124+00:00Many thanks Diarmuid.Many thanks Diarmuid.Castlehunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225021319443029751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-35246072920203842192020-11-10T12:49:22.088+00:002020-11-10T12:49:22.088+00:00We were always told in our family that this was on...We were always told in our family that this was one of the castles of the Walshes (Breatnaigh) of Carrickmines who came in with or on the heels of the Norman invasion of 1169. I had assumed we lost in the Cromwellian confiscations but if the Byrnes ended up living in it fair enough since the Breatnaigh probably took the land from them in the first place.<br /><br />I have visited the site a couple of times and was saddened to see no evidence of preservation work (although we have no intention of reclaiming it and moving in).<br /><br />Great photos, go raibh maith agat.Diarmuidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344265121545227150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-26324551973050107042019-11-10T16:38:08.333+00:002019-11-10T16:38:08.333+00:00Have just been up as I live nearby
Quiet ruinous b...Have just been up as I live nearby<br />Quiet ruinous but still lots of features packed into itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295003193699081749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-45800063397060011602016-12-31T16:03:32.891+00:002016-12-31T16:03:32.891+00:00Thanks Jamie! You went up there at night? Fair pla...Thanks Jamie! You went up there at night? Fair play to you.Castlehunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225021319443029751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-25796489461784350362016-12-27T13:29:42.880+00:002016-12-27T13:29:42.880+00:00Deadly castle, I saw it with friends recently at n...Deadly castle, I saw it with friends recently at night and the view from the top wall - of Dublin lit up - is increidible! Great pics.<br />Jamie PowerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243701116317739211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-70130502129855481172012-12-23T12:59:08.866+00:002012-12-23T12:59:08.866+00:00Hi Jeanne
As far as I am aware Puck's Castle ...Hi Jeanne<br /><br />As far as I am aware Puck's Castle is the actual fort.It doesn't hold any village status but it was not uncommon for people living near a castle like this to state their birthplace as within the Castle environs. Puck's Castle lies near the town land of Rathmichael which contains a lot of historical sites. I would start with the Church records in that area. The O'Byrnes were a very prominent Clan. I wish you the best of luck in your search and thank you for your kind comments on the photos.Castlehunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225021319443029751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7305522918435483160.post-62560531354120543762012-12-22T07:49:58.772+00:002012-12-22T07:49:58.772+00:00I am interested in Puck's Castle as my great g...I am interested in Puck's Castle as my great great great grandfather (George Byrne) was born at Puck's Castle in 1826. He married Elizabeth Lennen and together they owned a fairly substantial farming property at Dunlaoghaire. What I would like to know is is Puck's Castle an actual place, like a village, and does it have a church as I am not sure where to start looking for records of my ancestors births/nmarriages/deaths etc. However I love these photos, I did't realise that Pucks Castle was an actual fort, oh to know the history of these old places.JeanneMarinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998935983803285668noreply@blogger.com