View of Drimnagh Castle - Beranger, Gabriel (French draftsman, ca. 1729-1817, active in England and Ireland) (My University, 2008)
"Rambles through the county of Dublin and some of the neighbouring ones"
'Drimnagh Castle was, until 1954, one of the oldest continually inhabited Castles in Ireland, and is an outstanding example of an old feudal stronghold. It is the only Irish castle still to be surrounded by a flooded moat, described in 1780 as a "very deep ditch of water supplied from the Green Hills". It is now stocked with fish. The castle, built of local grey limestone, consists of a restored Great Hall and medieval undercroft, a tall battlement tower with lookout posts, and other separate buildings including stables, old coach, dairy and folly tower.' (www.dublintourist.com)
Keywords: Drimnagh, Co. Dublin; Art -- Irish; Watercolor painting -- Irish; Landscape painting -- Irish; Castles -- Ireland; Cattle -- Ireland.; 18th century