- Donadea - Wikipedia
There are many historical features including the remains of the castle, walled gardens, church, tower, ice house, boat house and Lime Tree Avenue There is also a 2 3 ha (5 7 acres) lake with ducks and other birds and a wonderful display of water-lilies in the summer
- Donadea Castle Gate | An Taisce - The National Trust For Ireland
Donadea is a shell of a castellated house belonging to the Aylmer Family of circa 1773 with later additions circa 1827 by Sir Richard Morrison The castle was deroofed in the 1950s and now forms a focal point for the Coillte owned forest park
- Donadea Castle – The Irish Aesthete
In 1559 Gerald Aylmer, then aged 11, inherited an estate elsewhere in the county, at Donadea, which had been bought by his father the previous year and where there may well have been some kind of castle, possibly erected by the de Berminghams who had previously held the property
- Donadea Castle - Kildare Local History . ie
After Caroline Aylmers death in 1935 the castle remained unoccupied and was de-roofed in the late 50’s Adjacant to the castle is a 19th century four-storey tower To the rear of the castle are some fine outbuildings including the remains of a walled garden
- Donadea Castle: A Historic Site in County Kildare, Ireland
Donadea Castle is situated in Donadea Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland Its origins trace back to an early Christian site founded in the mid-5th century by Saint Patrick, who established a church and monastery dedicated to Saint Peter at a place then known as Dunmurragill
- Donadea Castle, Kildare - Hosting Ireland
Completed in 1624 the Tower is the oldest part of the existing Castle Gerald Aylmer was titled by the Crown and became the first Baronet of Donadea The Aylmers were connected with the various conflicts and rebellions over the next two centuries
- Donadea Forest Park - Coillte
Donadea Forest Park includes Donadea Castle and estate, the former home of the Aylmer family up until 1935 There are many historical features including the remains of the castle and walled gardens, St Peter’s church, an ice house and boat house
- Donadea Castle, Donadea Demesne, Co. Kildare - irishhistory. com
In the Coillte-owned Donadea Forest Park in County Kildare, the ruins of Donadea Castle tell a complex story of Irish architectural evolution spanning six centuries
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