Athlumney Castle

Athlumney Castle is a tower house and fortified house and a National Monument in Navan, Ireland. Athlumney overlooks a key strategic factor, where the Leinster Blackwater drains into the Boyne. The place call derives from the Irish for Loman's ford, referring to Lomman of Trim. Archaeological digs exposed an Early Christian souterrain. The motte at Athlumney became constructed inside the years after 1172 when Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath granted the identify of Baron Skryne to his ally Adam de Feypo; he in turn granted Athlumney to a relative Amauri de Feipo, who constructed the motte.

The older a part of Athlumney Castle is a tower house built inside the 15th century. The more recent a part of the fortress is a Tudor-fashion fortified house connected to the tower. This changed into built inside the overdue sixteenth century or early 17th century. It had big corridors and its ground floor kitchen supplied warmness for the primary floor rooms where the Lord lived. The doorway is reducing limestone and there may be an oriel window on its eastern wall.