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Aughnanure Castle, the Glossary

Aughnanure Castle is a tower house near Oughterard on the N59, in County Galway, in the west of Ireland.^[1]

19 relations: Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Connacht, County Galway, Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Edward Fitton, the elder, Foreclosure, Gaels, Iar Connacht, Ireland, Lord President of Connaught, Lough Corrib, Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh, N59 road (Ireland), National monument (Ireland), Normans in Ireland, Oughterard, Siege of Galway, The Crown, Tower house.
Castles in County Galway
Historic house museums in the Republic of Ireland
Museums in County Galway
O'Flaherty dynasty
Tower houses in the Republic of Ireland

Ó Flaithbheartaigh

O'Flaherty (Ua Flaithbertaig; Ó Flaithbheartaigh) is an Irish Gaelic clan based most prominently in what is today County Galway. Aughnanure Castle and Ó Flaithbheartaigh are O'Flaherty dynasty.

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Connacht

Connacht or Connaught (Connachta or Cúige Chonnacht), is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland.

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County Galway

County Galway (Contae na Gaillimhe) is a county in Ireland.

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Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland (1649–1653) was the re-conquest of Ireland by the Commonwealth of England, led by Oliver Cromwell.

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Edward Fitton, the elder

Sir Edward Fitton the Elder (31 March 1527 – 3 July 1579), was Lord President of Connaught and Thomond and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland.

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Foreclosure is a legal process in which a lender attempts to recover the balance of a loan from a borrower who has stopped making payments to the lender by forcing the sale of the asset used as the collateral for the loan.

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Gaels

The Gaels (Na Gaeil; Na Gàidheil; Ny Gaeil) are an ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

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Iar Connacht

West Connacht (Iarthar Chonnachta; Modern Irish: Iar Connacht) was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Galway, particularly the area known more commonly today as Connemara. Aughnanure Castle and Iar Connacht are O'Flaherty dynasty.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Lord President of Connaught

The Lord President of Connaught was a military leader with wide-ranging powers, reaching into the civil sphere, in the English government of Connaught in Ireland, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Lough Corrib

Lough Corrib is a lake in the west of Ireland.

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Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh

Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh, anglicised Sir Murrough O'Flaherty (died 1593) was Chief of Iar Connacht,. Aughnanure Castle and Murrough na dTuadh Ó Flaithbheartaigh are O'Flaherty dynasty.

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N59 road (Ireland)

The N59 road is a national secondary road in Ireland.

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National monument (Ireland)

A national monument in the Republic of Ireland is a structure or site, the preservation of which has been deemed to be of national importance and therefore worthy of state protection.

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Normans in Ireland

Hiberno-Normans, or Norman Irish (Normánach; Gall, 'foreigners'), refer to Irish families descended from Norman settlers who arrived during the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century, mainly from England and Wales.

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Oughterard

Oughterard is a small town on the banks of the Owenriff River close to the western shore of Lough Corrib in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.

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Siege of Galway

The siege of Galway took place from August 1651 to 12 May 1652 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

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The Crown

The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).

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Tower house

A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aughnanure_Castle

Also known as Achadh-na-n-iubhar.