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Tynan Hall
Not to far away from the previously mentioned Ballymount Castle lie the ruins of Whitehall or Tynan Hall as we knew it as children. It was the home of the famous Irish Poet Katherine Tynan, whom was born in a … Continue reading
Posted in Diary of a Ruinhunter, Historical, People, Photography, Places of Interest, Ruins
Tagged A.E. Russell, Ballymount Castle, Belgard, Burial mound, Butler Yeats, Dublin, Hermetic Order of the Golden dawn, Ireland, Irish Literary Movement, Katherine Tynan, Kingswood, Lady Gregory, Magical, Masonic Lodge, Occultism, Poet, Spiritual Great Britain, tallaght, Theurgy, Tynan Hall, Whitehall, William, Writer
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Ballymount Castle
This visit really brought back memories, I had not been here in probably 15 years. Having spent many a summer’s day roaming and exploring the ruins which looked a lot different from how they appear today. The area was excavated … Continue reading
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Tagged 1622, 1767, 18th Century, Ballymount Castle, Ballymount Great, Beautiful mound, Bellamount, Bronze age, Burial mound, Cullen family, Folly, Gabriel Beringer, Gaelic, Garranstown, insurgents, James II, John Butler, Katharine Tynan, Kingswood, Kingswood Castle, Luas, M50 Motorway, motte-and-bailey, Painting, ruins, Sham Ruin, Sir Theobald Butler, Sir William Parsons, Solicitor General Ireland, Stone Castle, Tower House
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