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Encyclopedia > Foulksrath Castle

Foulksrath Castle (Irish: Caislean Ratha) is a 15th century Anglo-Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It currently functions as a hostel in the An Óige (Irish Youth Hostel Association) network, which is affiliated with Hostelling International. It is the oldest hostel in Ireland. Image File history File links Foulksrath Castle, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland; digital photo taken by User:Postdlf, 3-11-05 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Foulksrath Castle, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland; digital photo taken by User:Postdlf, 3-11-05 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Clononey castle in Co. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Kilkenny Code: KK Area: 2,061 km² Population (2006) 87,394 Website: www. ... Not to be confused with hotel. ... An Óige (literally youth in Gaelic), is the International Youth Hostel Federations association for the Republic Of Ireland. ... Hostelling Intl, Washington D.C. Hostelling International, formerly known as International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), is the federation of more than 90 national youth hostel associations in more than 80 countries who run over 4,500 youth hostels and youth hotels around the world. ...


It was built by the Purcell clan, who also constructed several others nearby. After over three centuries as owners, the family was reduced to living as peasants in the castle stables after it was confiscated by Oliver Cromwell and given to his officers after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Purcell is a family name in English. ... Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England, Scotland and Ireland into a republican Commonwealth and for the brutal war exercised in his conquest of Ireland. ... Combatants English Royalists and Irish Catholic Confederate troops English Parliamentarian New Model Army troops and allied Protestants in Ireland Commanders James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1649 - December 1650) Ulick Burke, Earl of Clanricarde (December 1650-April 1653) Oliver Cromwell (1649-May 1650) Henry Ireton (May 1650-November 1651) Charles...


The castle was slated for demolition in 1946 but was saved by community support. It was renovated and opened as a hostel in 1948.


Foulksrath Castle is well preserved and restored, with most of the outer wall and some ancillary structures also surviving in addition to the main tower. A pitched roof has been added over the center of the tower, though the open-air walk along the tower's crenellated battlement has been preserved and is still accessible. Inside, three single sex dormitory rooms house up to 52 visitors. A kitchen and bath facilities, as well as a medieval-decorated dining hall have also been added. The four stories are connected by a narrow spiral staircase. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Crenellation (or crenelation) is the name for the distinctive pattern that framed the tops of the walls of many medieval castles, often called battlements. ... It has been suggested that crenellation, crenel and merlon be merged into this article or section. ... A typical American college dorm room Another typical not-so-clean college dorm room Watterson Towers, Illinois State University Potomac Hall, second-largest dormitory at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ...


Stories have circulated that Foulksrath Castle is haunted by the daughter of the original owner, who was supposedly killed in the tower. A BBC television crew of British ghost hunters visited in 1992. Other ghosts include a woman who was killed by her lover and haunts the castle by creating the scent of lilacs. The owner/keeper of the castle has claimed to see ghosts as well. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... An artists interpretation of a ghostly woman on a flight of stairs, based on common descriptions A ghost is usually defined as the apparition of a deceased person, frequently similar in appearance to that person, and encountered in places he or she frequented, or in association with the person...


External links

  • An Óige listing for Foulksrath Castle


 

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