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Dromoland Castle (Irish: Drom Ólainn) is a castle, located near Newmarket-on-Fergus in County Clare, Ireland. It is operated as a five-star luxury hotel with a golf course , with its restaurant, the "Earl of Thomond", being awarded a Michelin star in 1995, under head chef Jean Baptiste Molinari .
Dromoland Castle, which had been granted to Donat's great-great-grandfather Donough by his father Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond in 1543, had become crown property in 1582, upon Donough's hanging, and later passed to the Earls of Thomond from whom Donat's father had attempted to acquire it.
In 2012, in a long-running dispute with the management of Dromoland Castle, O'Brien was refused an initial application to the High Court for them to immediately return 37 paintings that were loaned several decades prior (after discovering the hotel had allowed damage to occur to many of the paintings, O’Brien requested their prompt return).
Dromoland Castle Murrough surrenders his royalty to King Henry VIII at Greenwich upon the Thames July 1543 and receives the titles of Baron Inchiquin for his heirs male and Earl of Thomond with special remainder to his nephew Donough.
The population in 1831 was 1,319. In 1841 it was 1,158, with 162 houses. As of 1834 there were 105 Protestants and 1,311 Catholics. In 1845 the dominant building in the parish was Dromoland Castle, owned by Sir Lucius O'Brien. There were two old castles, just beyond the boundary of the parish, and some ancient Druidical ovals or circles.
Dromoland Castle: Died: 6 January 1717 Paris, France: Spouse(s) Catherine Keightley: ... (1675–1717) was an Irish nobleman of the O'Brien family of Dromoland. Early ...
Mooghaun is situated in the parish of Mooghaun South, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north north-east of Newmarket on Fergus, on the grounds of Dromoland Castle. [2]It has three concentric limestone ramparts of defence, [2] all built at the same time.
In 1614 a William Starkey was shown leasing Dromoland from the Earl of Thomond. Donough continued to contest his claim on Dromoland through the Court of Wards and Liveries in Dublin after the Earl's death in 1626 and in 1629 was granted entry "on all the manors, lands and tenements of his late father" on payment of a fine.
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