Rostellan
Ros Tialláin | |
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Civil parish | |
Coordinates: 51°50′40″N 08°11′18″W / 51.84444°N 8.18833°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Cork |
Irish grid reference | W873664 |
Rostellan ( Irish: Ros Tialláin) is a civil parish, townland and village in the historical Barony of Imokilly, County Cork, Ireland. [1] [2] An electoral division of the same name forms part of the Cork East Dáil constituency. [3] [4] For census purposes, the village of Rostellan is combined with the neighbouring villages of Farsid and Aghada. As of the 2011 census, the combined settlement of Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan had a population of 1,015 people. [5]
Rostellan Wood, a forestry amenity managed by Coillte, lies on Rostellan promontory. [6] Rostellan Wood contains the ruins of an 18th-century folly and the remains of a megalithic portal tomb. [7] [8] This portal tomb, known as Rostellan Dolmen, stands in a tidal section of Saleen Creek, and comprises a large capstone and three upright stones (with two of the uprights acting as supporting orthostats to the capstone). [7] [9] The folly, "Siddons Tower", was built in the 1770s by Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond on the grounds of his estate. [10] O'Brien, then 5th Earl of Inchiquin, so "greatly admired" the Welsh-born English actress Sarah Siddons (who reputedly visited Rostellan) that he built and named the tower in her honour on the Rostellan Castle demesne. [11] [12]
Originally associated with the FitzGerald family, the O'Brien (Inchiquin) estate at Rostellan spanned the entire townland, and its manor house was Rostellan Castle. [13] In A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, published by Samuel Lewis in 1837, Rostellan Castle is described as an "elegant mansion", with its "highly cultivated and extensive demesne" spanning one-third of the parish. [14] While some ruined and standing structures of the estate remain (including a large set of gates in Rostellan village), [15] Rostellan Castle itself was demolished in 1944. [16] [17]
Aghada GAA club, founded in 1885, has its main sports ground on Rostellan promontory. [18]
the 1st Marquess built a tower in honour of Mrs [Sarah] Siddons, whom he entertained here
The Earl of Inchiquin greatly admired her [Sarah Siddons] and built a tower in her honour in his grounds
CO088-024---- [..] Castle [..] Townland: Rostellan [..] No visible surface trace of Fitzgerald Castle, which was rebuilt as a large house "some time ante 1750, probably by the 4th Earl of Inchiquin" (Bence-Jones 1978, 248). The house was demolished in 1944
Rostellan
Ros Tialláin | |
---|---|
Civil parish | |
Coordinates: 51°50′40″N 08°11′18″W / 51.84444°N 8.18833°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | County Cork |
Irish grid reference | W873664 |
Rostellan ( Irish: Ros Tialláin) is a civil parish, townland and village in the historical Barony of Imokilly, County Cork, Ireland. [1] [2] An electoral division of the same name forms part of the Cork East Dáil constituency. [3] [4] For census purposes, the village of Rostellan is combined with the neighbouring villages of Farsid and Aghada. As of the 2011 census, the combined settlement of Aghada-Farsid-Rostellan had a population of 1,015 people. [5]
Rostellan Wood, a forestry amenity managed by Coillte, lies on Rostellan promontory. [6] Rostellan Wood contains the ruins of an 18th-century folly and the remains of a megalithic portal tomb. [7] [8] This portal tomb, known as Rostellan Dolmen, stands in a tidal section of Saleen Creek, and comprises a large capstone and three upright stones (with two of the uprights acting as supporting orthostats to the capstone). [7] [9] The folly, "Siddons Tower", was built in the 1770s by Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond on the grounds of his estate. [10] O'Brien, then 5th Earl of Inchiquin, so "greatly admired" the Welsh-born English actress Sarah Siddons (who reputedly visited Rostellan) that he built and named the tower in her honour on the Rostellan Castle demesne. [11] [12]
Originally associated with the FitzGerald family, the O'Brien (Inchiquin) estate at Rostellan spanned the entire townland, and its manor house was Rostellan Castle. [13] In A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, published by Samuel Lewis in 1837, Rostellan Castle is described as an "elegant mansion", with its "highly cultivated and extensive demesne" spanning one-third of the parish. [14] While some ruined and standing structures of the estate remain (including a large set of gates in Rostellan village), [15] Rostellan Castle itself was demolished in 1944. [16] [17]
Aghada GAA club, founded in 1885, has its main sports ground on Rostellan promontory. [18]
the 1st Marquess built a tower in honour of Mrs [Sarah] Siddons, whom he entertained here
The Earl of Inchiquin greatly admired her [Sarah Siddons] and built a tower in her honour in his grounds
CO088-024---- [..] Castle [..] Townland: Rostellan [..] No visible surface trace of Fitzgerald Castle, which was rebuilt as a large house "some time ante 1750, probably by the 4th Earl of Inchiquin" (Bence-Jones 1978, 248). The house was demolished in 1944