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Desmond Castle, Adare. A castle or fortress is said to have first been built with an ancient ring-fort, by the O'Donovans, rulers of the region into the 12th century, and afterwards to have passed into the possession of the Kildare branch of the FitzGerald dynasty, who may be responsible for the majority of the remains of the present fortress (which occurred with Croom Castle, also on the Maigue).
"Augustinian Abbey, Adare (with the castle of the Fitzgeralds and the Francescan Abbey)", 1842 The church in 2007 The Adare Friary, located in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, formerly known as the "Black Abbey", is an Augustinian Friary founded in 1316 by the Earl of Kildare.
The Golf Course at Adare Manor (formerly Adare Golf Club [a]) is an 18-hole championship golf course. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, it was added to the resort in 1995. [27] Following the purchase of the resort by J. P. McManus in 2015, it underwent a redesign by Tom Fazio. [28] Adare Manor was the venue for the Irish Open in 2007 and 2008. [29]
A castle was built in the 13th century by the FitzGerald Earls of Desmond. Local talks also connects it with the Knights Templar, perhaps confusing them with their house at Askeaton. By 1298, the castle had curtain walls and defensive towers surrounding the complex, with thatched houses, cattle byres and fishponds in the centre. [3]
Adare Castle – Adare County Limerick – A medieval fortified castle that was an important stronghold of the Earl of Desmond. Altamount Gardens – Tullow, County Carlow – Old world garden, Robinsonian in style. Ardfert Cathedral – Ardfert, County Kerry – 12th to 17th century Cathedral.
Desmond Castle may refer to: Desmond Castle (Adare) Desmond Castle (Askeaton) Desmond Castle (Kinsale) Desmond Hall and Castle, Newcastle West; any other castle built or belonging to the Earls of Desmond
Adare Dominican Friary ≈: Dominican Friars — erroneous reference to Trinitarian Friary [notes 1] Adare Preceptory Knights Hospitaller (listed c.1658 [notes 2]) Any Friary purported Augustinian Friars [notes 3] founded during the reign of Edward II, by John, son of Robert and others; Knockainy; Ballynamona
Quin had already been created a Baronet, of Adare in County Limerick, in the Baronetage of Ireland, in 1781, Baron Adare, of Adare in the County of Limerick, on 31 July 1800, [1] and Viscount Mount-Earl on 3 February 1816. He was made Viscount Adare in 1822 at the same time as he was given the earldom. The latter peerage titles were also in the ...