The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 28, January 9, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 28, January 9, 1841

The subject of our prefixed illustration is one of no small interest, whether considered as a fine examplefor Irelandof the domestic architecture of the reign of James I, or as an historical memorial of the fortunes of the illustrious family whose name it bearsthe noble house of Charlemont, of which it was the original residence. It is situated near the village of the same name, in the parish of Donaghmore, barony of Dungannon, and about three miles west of Dungannon, the county town. Castle-Caulfield owes its erection to Sir Toby Caulfield, afterwards Lord Charlemonta distinguished English soldier who had fought in Spain and the Low Countries in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and commanded a company of one hundred and fifty men in Ireland in the war with ONeill, Earl of Tyrone, at the close of her reign. For these services he was rewarded by the Queen with a grant of part of Tyrones estate, and other lands in the province of Ulster; and on King Jamess accession to the British crown, was honoured with knighthood, and made governor of the fort of Charlemont, and of the counties of Tyrone and Armagh. At the plantation of Ulster he received further grants of lands, and among them 1000 acres called Ballydonnelly, or ODonnellys town, in the barony of Dungannon, on which, in 1614, he commenced the erection of the mansion subsequently called Castle-Caulfield. This mansion is described by Pynnar in his Survey of Ulster in 1618-19, in the following words: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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