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St Peter Kathedrale, Belfast - Ereignisse

Over the decades St. Peter's has witnessed many important Episcopal installations. One such was the consecration of Bishop Eugene Butler, CSSP, a native of the parish, as Bishop of Mombasa and Zanzibar on 11 May 1957. But perhaps the most memorable event in its history in the twentieth century occurred on Sunday 25 April 1965. On that occasion, the people of the district welcomed Cardinal William Conway (1913-76), Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland. The new cardinal was a native of the parish and had served as an altar boy in St. Peter’s fifty years before. In an emotional address, the cardinal said: ‘This is a very moving occasion for me. This famous church, whose twin spires mean so much on the skyline of this city, is full of memories for me….. I can remember standing at the back there as a small child on the first occasion on which I came to Mass by myself, afraid to go up further into the great crowd….’ The centenary of St Peter’s was marked by major celebrations in the pro-cathedral in October and November 1966 culminating in the dedication of a new organ.

By the 1960s, St Peter’s was on the threshed of unimaginable changes. The next few years would see the parish transformed by the redevelopment of the Pound Loney and the Falls Road, the erection of Divis Towers and the outbreak of The Troubles in August 1969. Yet, over the decades, the twin spires have dominated the changing landscape of the city, a symbol of the continuity of the Catholic faith in West Belfast. ...

Killyleagh Castle

Killyleagh Castle

War memorial

Killyleagh Castle ist ein Schloss in dem Dorf Killyleagh, County Down, Nordirland. Es dominiert den kleinen Ort und es wird angenommen, dass es das älteste bewohnte Schloss des Landes ist. Einige Gebäudeteile datieren in die 80er Jahre des 11. Jahrhunderts. Der Bau wurde dem Stil des Loire Valley château nachempfunden und wurde von dem Architekten Sir Charles Lanyon in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts umgestaltet. Seit dem frühen 17. Jahrhundert bvefindet sich das Schloss im Besitz der Familie Hamilton. Zur Zeit wird es von Gawn Rowan Hamilton und seiner Familie bewohnt. Auf dem Schlossgelände finden von Zeit zu Zeit Konzerte statt, so u.a. von Van Morrison, Glen Hansard und Bap Kennedy. The gate lodges provide self-catering holiday accommodation.

History

Killyleagh was settled in the 12th century by Norman knight John de Courcy who built fortifications on the site of the castle in 1180, as part of a series of fortifications around Strangford Lough for protection from the Vikings.

In 1602 Gaelic chieftain Con O'Neill of Clandeboye owned large tracts of North Down, including Killyleagh. O'Neill sent his men to attack English soldiers after a quarrel and was consequently imprisoned. O'Neill's wife made a deal with Scots aristocrat Hugh Montgomery to give him half of O'Neill's lands if Montgomery could get a royal pardon for O'Neill. Montgomery obtained the pardon but King James I divided the land in three, with the area from Killyleagh to Bangor going to another Scot, James Hamilton, later 1st Viscount Claneboye. A map of Killyleagh from 1625 showed the castle as having a single tower on the south side of a residence. In about 1625 Hamilton moved from Bangor to Killyleagh Castle, where he built the courtyard walls. It has been the home of the Hamilton family ever since.

Viscount Claneboye's son, James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil, built the second tower. He supported the Stuart monarch Charles I of England and the castle was besieged in 1649 by Oliver Cromwell's forces who sailed gunboats into Strangford Lough and blew up the gatehouse. The Earl fled, leaving behind his wife and children. Parliament fined him for the return of the castle and his land.

The 1st Earl's son, Henry Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, rebuilt the castle in 1666. He erected the north tower and built (or perhaps restored) the long fortified bawn (wall) in the front of the castle. The 2nd Earl's castle is mostly what remains today.

In 1667 the 2nd Earl married Lady Alice Moore, daughter of the Earl of Drogheda, and their only child died in infancy. Lady Alice discovered that her father-in-law, the 1st Earl of Clanbrassil, had stated in his will that should Henry die without issue the estate should be divided between five Hamilton cousins, the eldest sons of his five uncles. She destroyed the will and had her husband make his own will in 1674, leaving the estate to her. Henry died of poisoning in 1675, then Lady Alice died in 1677, leaving the estate to her brother. The cousins, however, were aware of the 1st Earl's will and pursued their rights as inheritors. The matter was concluded 20 years later when a copy of the original will was discovered. By then, the cousins were all dead. The last to die was James Hamilton of Neilsbrook, County Antrim, son of Archibald Hamilton, the next brother of James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye. James Hamilton of Neilsbrook had been confident of a settlement in his favour and had bequeathed the estate to be divided in two, with one half going to his daughter Anne Stevenson, née Hamilton, and the other half to his younger brothers Gawn and William Hamilton. In 1697 the probate court divided the castle, with Gawn and William gaining the main house and the two towers and their niece Anne receiving the bawn and gate house. Gawn and William had to open a new entrance on the north side in order to enter their castle.

William died without children in 1716 and the castle passed to successive generations of Gawn Hamilton's descendants. Gawn's great-grandson Archibald Hamilton Rowan, an Irish nationalist of the United Irishmen, lived in the castle as one of his homes between 1806 and 1834 after his return from exile in America.

Hamilton Rowan's grandson, Archibald Rowan-Hamilton, and his wife employed architect Sir Charles Lanyon from 1849 and into the 1850s to renovate the castle, creating its romantic silhouette with the addition of the turrets.

James Hamilton of Neilsbrook's daughter Anne married Hans Stevenson and her estate passed to her son James Stevenson, then to his daughter Dorcas, later Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1726–1807), and on to Dorcas's great-grandson Frederick Temple Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye (1826–1902). In 1860 the 5th Baron gave the bawn and gate house to the Hamiltons and commissioned a replacement gate house to better match the main castle. The Baron added Hamilton to his surname just before marrying his distant cousin Hariot Georgina Rowan-Hamilton, daughter of Archibald Rowan-Hamilton, in 1862.

The castle came under attack by the Irish Republican Army during the troubles of the 1920s. Gawn Rowan Hamilton has said: "I have a cutting from the Belfast Telegraph which tells the story of my great-great uncle being woken at 2 am and exchanging gunfire from the battlements, which was terribly exciting."

References

Commons: Killyleagh Castle – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

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Main Street, Castlewellan, May 2010

Castlewellan (Vorlage:Derive) is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain, Vorlage:Convert southwest of Downpatrick. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve Croob. It had a population of 2,392 people in the 2001 Census.

Castlewellan (Irisch: Caisleán Uidhilín bedeutet "Uidhilín's Schloß") ist ein Örtchen im County Down, in Nordirland. Es befindet sich am Castlewellan Lake und dem Berg Slievenaslat gelegen, ca. 18 km südwestlich von Downpatrick. Es ist zwischen den Mourne Mountains und dem Slieve Croob gelegen. Laut der Bevölkerungsstatistik von 2001 hat Castlewellan 2,392 Einwohner.

Castlewellan has a wide main street which runs through two main squares lined with chestnut trees. The town was designed by a French architect for the Annesley Family (see Earl Annesley), then owners of what is now Castlewellan Christian Conference Centre and Forest Park, and is unique within Ireland due to its tree lined squares both in the old town (upper square) and new town (lower square) as well as its very wide main street. The old market house in the upper square was built in 1764 and now houses the public library.

Castlewellan has a wide main street which runs through two main squares lined with chestnut trees. The town was designed by a French architect for the Annesley Family (see Earl Annesley), then owners of what is now Castlewellan Christian Conference Centre and Forest Park, and is unique within Ireland due to its tree lined squares both in the old town (upper square) and new town (lower square) as well as its very wide main street. The old market house in the upper square was built in 1764 and now houses the public library.

Places of interest

• Drumena Cashel is a good example of a small stone built farmstead enclosure or cashel of the Early Christian period. It is situated Vorlage:Convert south west of Castlewellan off the A25 road to Rathfriland.
• Castlewellan Forest Park and Castlewellan Lake are situated to the northwest of the village. The Arboretum in the park was begun in 1740 and contains plants and trees from many different countries including Spain, Mexico and Wales; the 'Castlewellan Gold' form of Leyland Cypress – originating from a single mutant tree in the arboretum and widely propagated from the 1970s – was selected by the park director, John Keown, being first named Cupressus macrocarpa Keownii, 1963. The Peace Maze was constructed in the park between 2000 and 2001. Until 2007 it was the longest permanent hedge maze in the world. In the very early hours of April 7, 2007 two youths died in a fatal canoeing incident in the lake.
• Castlewellan Castle, a Scottish baronial castle of 1856, overlooks the lake and the park. Nowadays the castle is used as a Christian conference centre, and is not generally open to the public.
• Legannany Dolmen is Vorlage:Convert north of Castlewellan, near the village of Leitrim, on the slopes of Slieve Croob.
• Goward Dolmen is an impressive megalithic monument Vorlage:Convert from Hilltown on the road to Castlewellan. It is known locally as Pat Kearney's Big Stone or Cloughmore Cromlech. The huge granite capstone has slipped from its original horizontal position.

Old Market House, December 2009

St Malachy's Roman Catholic Church, May 2010

St Paul's Church of Ireland, May 2010

History

12 July 1849 saw the Battle of Dolly's Brae. Up to 1400 armed Orangemen marched from Rathfriland to Tollymore Park near Castlewellan, County Down. When 1000 armed Ribbonmen gathered, shots were fired, Catholic homes were burnt and about 80 Catholics killed.

The Troubles

For more information see The Troubles in Castlewellan, which includes a list of incidents in Castlewellan during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities.

In January 2009, a 300lb car bomb, was abandoned outside Castlewellan. It had been destined for the British Army base at Ballykinler. Oglaigh na hEireann, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it had planned to drive the bomb through the gates of the barracks before detonating it.

Transport

Castlewellan had a railway station which opened on 24 March 1906, but closed on 2 May 1955.

People

• The Irish writer Séamus Ó Néill was born here in 1910.
• The Oscar winning actress Greer Garson lived here in the early 1900s.
• Soccer player Joe Toner was from here.
• Castlewellan was the seat of the Earls Annesley.

Sport

• Castlewellan GAC is based in the village.
• Castlewellan lake plays host to the Irish University Rowing Championships and Queen's Regatta annually in April.
• Kilmegan Amateur Boxing Club is situated in the outskirts of the town (taking its name from the towns parish name).

Demographics

Castlewellan is classified as an intermediate settlement by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 2,250 and 4,500 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 2,392 people living in Castlewellan. Of these:

• 29.8% were aged under 16 and 13.8% were aged 60 and over
• 49.4% of the population were male and 50.6% were female
• 92.1% were from a Catholic background and 6.6% were from a Protestant background
• 4.8% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service

Schools

• St Marys Primary School, Aughlisnafin
• Annsborogh Primary School
• Castlewellan Primary School
• St.Malachys Primary School, Castlewellan
• St.Malachys High School, Castlewellan

See also

• Market Houses in Northern Ireland

References

Commons: Castlewellan – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien

External links

• Castlewellan Online
• The Ins, Outs and Whereabouts of Castlewellan
• Castlewellan Football Club