bawn ireland

It was built by Sir Edward Doddington early in the 17th century on lands granted to the Skinners' Company of London as part of the Plantation of Ulster, though it is not known who actually lived there. On the south side of the bawn-a garden-sized enclosure protected by a high wall-are the remains of a simple two-storey house, windowless on the south side where it adjoined the ancient road from Dungiven to Derry. At the eastern end of the house, and also at the diagonally opposite corner of the...

Three miles north-east of Carrickfergus, Dalway's bawn was originally a square, walled area with corner towers, a fine example of what the English planter built to protect his royal grant of land. The bawn was built by John Dalway around 1609, but only that part of it fronting on to the road is well preserved; behind its facade is a modern farm. In contrast, what the Scots planter built to protect himself can be seen at Ballygalley on the coast road north of Larne, where the 3-storey castle now...

This 17th-century stronghold contains a guide to archaeology, history and nature around Bellaghy. It features Seamus Heaney's poetry films and broadcasts....