Lynch's Castle

Castle/fortified house in Galway, Ireland, dating from 1480–1520

Corner-sited four-storey medieval tower house, built c.1500, now in use as bank, having two-bay elevation to Abbeygate Street Upper and front, south-east, Shop Street, elevation having three-storey second and third floors, two-bay first floor and multiple-bay ground floor, with single-storey extension to rear. Flat roof, having dressed limestone chimneystacks and parapet, latter with cut limestone coping, and concealed rainwater goods, with dressed eaves course to main elevations incorporating carved limestone gargoyle spouts and octagonal-profile spouts, one octagonal spout bearing merchant's mark. Dressed coursed limestone walls having rougher quoins to north corner, with arrow-loops to east corner, and corbel suppports of machicolation to side street elevation. Garderobe chute to north-east elevation. Carved round limestone panels to front and side elevation, between middle floors, that to front having Lynch coat of arms with carved lion below having human face, with black letter script beneath. Similarly carved Fitzgerald coat of arms to side elevation with similarly carved lion below and with black letter inscription to stonework below lion. Carved panel to first floor of front elevation having decoratively carved chamfered frame, with shields to inner chamfer, and bearing royal coat of arms of Henry VII (1485-1509), accompanied by Latin inscription in Gothic letters readi

Type:
Castle/fortified house

Period:
1480–1520

Where:
Galway, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.27°N, 9.05°W

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