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Lynch's Castle was once the
home to the most powerful family in Galway. This incredible
limestone building is a fine example of an Irish gothic
style.
The
Lynch Family's Coat of Arms can still be seen
today, as can other proprietors of the house Henry and the
Fitzgerald's of Kildare.
Situated between Shop Street and Abbeygate
Street, this castle gives us a rare glimpse of old Galway.
This majestic building stands
as testimony to Galway's splendid medieval past. |
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Lynch's Castle was once the
home to the most powerful family in Galway. This incredible
limestone building is a fine example of an Irish gothic
style. The Lynch Family's Coat of Arms can still be seen
today, as can other proprietors of the house Henry and the
Fitzgerald's of Kildare. Situated between Shop Street and
Abbeygate Street, this castle gives us a rare glimpse of old
Galway. This majestic building stands as testimony to
Galway's splendid medieval past.
Lynch's Castle is the only complete secular medieval
building left standing in Galway today. The Lynch's were an
important family, who supplied the city with many Mayors.
The Castle is four stories high, a large extension was added
in 1808 and the building has been modified a number of times
over the years. The exact date of its foundation is not
known but a number of features point to a date at the end of
the fifteenth century or the beginning of the sixteenth
century. A framed panel at the front of the building shows
the arms of King Henry VII, King of England from 1484 to
1509. At the side of the building there is a stone inserted
containing the coat-of-arms of the Earl of Kildare who freed
Galway from the
de Burgos after the Battle of Knockdoe in
1504.
Other items of interest are decoratively carved windows, and
finely carved gargoyles or water spouts that project
outwards from the building. The Lynch coat-of-arms is to be
found at the front of the building.
The Castle was acquired by Allied Irish Banks in 1930 and
carefully restored to its former splendour. A fine carved
doorway was added in 1933, the work of L. Cambell a Dublin
Architect. You can visit the ground floor of the bank and
view the history and architecture of the building, explained
in great detail on a series of panels.
Lynch's Castle represents the old and the new. The modern
world of banking operating in a historic building from the
world of antiquity.
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