![]() Some buildings of unquestionable importance occupy marginal places in it simply because their above-ground preservation, while good enough for identification, is quite Published by Tom McNeill and David Sweetman.1 It is, however, an incomplete canon. Its great tower or donjon offers the modern visitor a more intimate communion with the rituals of thirteenth-century lordship than many better-known castles of the period.Īc centuries in Ireland was established just over a decade ago in the syntheses canon of architecturally important castles of the late twelfth and thirteenth Relative to its demonstrable importance, historical and archaeological, no Anglo-Norman castle in Ireland has slipped as far below the radar of scholarly attention as Coonagh. Matilda de Marisco, the former subsequently achieving notoriety as a pirate operating CentralĬharacters in that dispute were its builders, the husband-and-wife team of William and 1225, was the centrepiece of a strategically-located estate, the ownership of which was disputed in the middle decades of the thirteenth century. Limerick Tadhg O'Keeffe Coonagh Castle, built c. Ireland: the donjon of Coonagh Castle, Co. ![]() This content downloaded from 154.59.124.94 on Tue, 21:12:22 UTC All use subject to Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at For more information about JSTOR, please contact ![]() We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. 91127 Published by: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Stable URL: Accessed: 18-04-2017 21:12 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. Limerick Author(s): Tadhg O'Keeffe Source: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. Building lordship in thirteenth-century Ireland: the "donjon" of Coonagh Castle, Co.
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