Mitchelstown

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This painting depicts Mitchelstown, a town in north Co. Cork, in the foothills of the Galtee Mountains. Mitchelstown is believed to have been originally established and centred around a part of the town known as Bri Gobhann (anglicised Brigown) by Saint Fanahan in or around the 8th century. The town was subsequently re-designed and re-built by the Kingston family and today retains the basic layout constructed by them including several interesting stone buildings designed in a late Georgian style of architecture. The layout established by the Earl of Kingston between 1775 and 1820 was one of the earliest planned town lay-outs in Ireland. Mitchelstown Castle, in the background of the painting, itself was modelled after 1798 Windsor. The castle no longer stands, it was burned to the ground during the Irish Civil War of 1922. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Author: Bloomfield, John
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Mitchelstown Castle
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19th century
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