1885 Map showing the location of Durhamstown Castle
Durhamstown Castle is a 500 year old towerhouse in County Meath in Ireland. Meath (An Mhí in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. ...
The precise origins of the building are unknown.
The building is of four-storeys and the ground floor has four vaulted chambers with inserted windows. A square tower with a pointed door which opens to a spiral staircase, can be found at its east wall. There are three tall chimneys clustering at the north end of the nave.
The original castle is believed to have had had another storey which was knocked as a result of a fire.
A 19th century single storey wing was added to the north of the old house.
In the 16th century the building was owned by Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, Lord Deputy of Ireland of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (1541 - 1576), an English nobleman, was the eldest son of Sir Richard Devereux. ... Official standard of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (also known as the Viceroy or in the Middle Ages as the Lord Deputy) was the head of Englands (pre-1707) or Britains (post 1707) administration in Ireland. ... Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ...
It is one of the oldest continually resided in buildings in Ireland.
The official residence of the Lord Lieutenant was the Viceregal Apartments in Dublin Castle.
The Earl of Essex owned DurhamstownCastle near Navan in County Meath, a short distance from the residence of the Lord Bishop of Meath at Ardbraccan.
Solicitor-General for Ireland The Dublin Castle administration in Ireland was the government of Ireland under British rule from the twelfth century until 1922.
It also contains an ancient tower house known as DurhamstownCastle, which was once owned by the Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth I's Lord Deputy in Ireland, and which is still lived in.
Whereas once the protestant community counted among its number one bishop, two churches, all the landed gentry, many of their staff and a local rector, all have gone, with the ancient St. Ultan's Church of Ireland in Ardbraccan ceasing to be used for Divine Service in 1981.
One of the last members of the Church of Ireland in the locality, the former owner of DurhamstownCastle, Samuel McClelland, died in 2003.
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