Necarne Castle, also known as Castle Irvine, is a Victorian gothic house near Irvinestown in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
| Necarne Castle | |
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| Alternative names | Castle Irvine |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Victorian, Gothic |
| Classification | Listed |
| Town or city | Irvinestown, County Fermanagh |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°27′50″N 7°38′06″W / 54.464°N 7.635°W |
| Groundbreaking | c1619 |
| Construction started | 1831 |
| Completed | 1835 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Benjamin Keane |
The two-storey façade was designed by John Benjamin Keane and was completed in 1835.[1]: 293 [2] A castle was originally built on the site around 1619 by a Scottish planter called Gerard Lowther.
In the 1990s the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs signed a 25 year lease on the property to use it as an equine training centre which ran until 2023.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Robert Graham, Henry J. Heaney (editor) (1999). A Scottish Whig in Ireland, 1835–1838: The Irish Journals of Robert Graham of Redgorton. Dublin: Four Courts Press. ISBN 9781851824540.
- ^ "CO. FERMANAGH, CASTLE IRVINE (IRVINESTOWN) Dictionary of Irish Architects -". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "A White Elephant". The Irish Aesthete. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2023.