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dc.contributor.authorBrocas, Henry (Irish painter, draftsman, and engraver, 1766-1838)
dc.coverage.spatialNational Library of Ireland
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-21T17:03:27Z
dc.date.available2008-08-21T17:03:27Z
dc.date.issued1997-05-21
dc.identifier.citationChristie's, Irish Sale, 21 May 1997en
dc.identifier.othercgjc1382
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/20811
dc.descriptionBlackwater Castle, or Castle Widenham as it is now known, is depicted on the top of the hill in this drawing. 'The first historical record about Castletownroche is from the late 13th century when the Anglo-Norman family of Roache established a fortress here. They were descendants of Richard FitzGodebert who came with Strongbow to Ireland. Their family had a castle in Pembrokeshire that was built upon a outcrop of stone and they became known as FitzGodebert de la Roch. From that, their Hiberno-Norman descendants were known as "de la Roch" and finally, Roche. It is from this element, and the castle they built here in County Cork, that Castletownroche gets its name. Like many of the Anglo-Norman families that arrived as invaders, the Roaches eventually became loyal to interests different from those of Britain, allied with the Gaelic aristocracy, and came to be regarded as rebels. After centuries of sporadic conflict, the Roaches were routed from their castle. In 1666 Lieutenant Colonel John Widenham, who had lived in County Clare, got the castle as reward. Castletownroche was renamed Castle Widenham.' (en.wikipedia.org)en
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dc.format.mediuminken
dc.format.mediumink washesen
dc.format.mimetypeimage/jpeg
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNational Library of Irelanden
dc.subjectCastletownroche, Co. Corken
dc.subjectCastle Widenhamen
dc.subjectBlackwater Castleen
dc.subjectRiver Awbegen
dc.subject.lcshArt--Irishen
dc.subject.lcshDrawing -- Irishen
dc.subject.lcshLandscape--Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshCastles -- Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshRuins in arten
dc.subject.lcshRivers -- Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshCork (Ireland : County) in art.en
dc.subject.lcshTravel in arten
dc.titleCastletownroche, on the Awbeg, once the seat of the Roches (now called Castle Widenham)en
dc.typeImageen
dc.contributor.roleartisten
dc.coverage.cultureIrishen
dc.format.extentdimensions15.6 cm x 22.6 cm
dc.format.supportpaper (fiber product)en
dc.subject.period18th - 19th century
dc.title.largerentitySketchbook of Eighteen Drawings and Watercolours, 'Ireland'en
dc.type.workdrawingen


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