Ballinsnave Castle, Co.y Roscommon

Forster delt. ; Jos. Turner pin Nov. 1794
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cooper, Austin, 1759-1830, artist
Contributors: Forster, John fl.1773-1780
Summary:View of a castle said to have been at Ballinsnave, County Roscommon (or County Galway as stated by Francis Grose), showing a rounded bastion on the right. On the left is a rectangular tower with a round-headed doorway, tall rectangular windows and a bartizan at the corner
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1794
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Notes:A similar copy of this drawing by Gabriel Beranger (ca.1730-1817) is preserved as Wat.21 in the Special Collections of the Library of University College, Dublin

From: Antiquities of Abbeys, Castles & c. & c. in Ireland, Vol. II

This is a copy of an original by a professional artist whose name was probably Forster, as given here, rather than as Foster, as given elsewhere. A recent query as to the exact location of this castle, and as to whether it was in County Galway or County Roscommon, published in the"Journal of the Galway Historical and Archaeological Society 48", 1996, page 61, has so far failed to elict any information which could help to find the exact location. Francis Grose describes the castle as being in County Galway in Vol. II of his book "Antiquities of Ireland", London, 1791 (Plate 17)

Title inscribed in ink l.c. on sheet

Watermark u.l. on sheet is part of a shield with fleur-de-lys

Physical description: 1 drawing image 14.1 x 12.3 cm., on sheet 18.3 x 26.7 cm.

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