Clonea Castle

Clonea Castle was in Clonea parish in the historical barony of Decies-without-Drum in south County Waterford, Ireland.[1] Located in Clonea Lower townland, roughly two and a half miles east of Dungarvan, the castle lay on a rocky outcrop at the edge of the shore by Clonea Beach. It was owned by the Maguire (McGuire) family.[2]

Not to be confused with Clonea Power Castle in Upperthird barony, north County Waterford.

Clonea Castle, photographed by Robert French in the late 19th or early 20th century

The structure's entry in National Monuments Service records indicate that it was "not an antiquity", but was built in the late 18th or early 19th century, possibly on the site of an earlier Fitzgerald family fortification.[3] While some of the structure remained into the late 20th century,[4] the remaining ruins were largely destroyed by a winter storm in 1990.[3][5]

Journalist and politician Muriel Bowen (1926–2000) was born on the Clonea Castle estate.[6]

References
  1. Mason, William Shaw (1819). A statistical account, or parochial survey of Ireland. Graisberry and Campbell. p. 382. In Clonea parish, about two miles and an half east of Dungarvan, is Clonea castle, the residence of Walter M'Guire, Esq.
  2. "House - Clonea Castle". landedestates.nuigalway.ie. Landed Estates Database. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. O'Flanagan, M; Moore, M (eds.). Records of Monuments and Places (Waterford) Draft. National Monuments Service. WA031-039 [..] Clonea Lower [..] Situated on rock outcrop at the edge of the shore on Clonea strand [..] not an antiquity. It was built by the Maguire family, probably in the late 18th or early 19th century, although it was said by J. O'Donovan c. 1840 to be on the site of a Fitzgerald castle [..] a rectangular tower of three storeys [..it..] fell in a storm in the winter of 1989-90, but the base of the NE and SE walls (T 0.9m; H c. 4m) survive
  4. "Clonea Castle (UK1059)". waterfordmuseum.ie. Waterford County Museum. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. "Clonea Castle (UK681)". waterfordmuseum.ie. Waterford County Museum. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. "Journalist, Horsewoman Muriel Bowen". The Washington Post. 27 August 2000. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2009. Muriel Bowen, 74, a British journalist and prize-winning horsewoman, whose byline appeared in The Washington Post above stories involving politics, society and diplomatic affairs [..] was born at Clonea Castle, Dungarvan, Ireland

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