Explore Rindoon Castle, one of Ireland’s most mysterious medieval sites, hidden on the shores of Lough Ree in County Roscommon. Built in the early 13th century, Rindoon once stood at the centre of a thriving Anglo-Norman settlement - complete with a castle, town walls, battlements, a port, and even a medieval hospital.
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00:00 Introduction
00:19 Windmill, harbour, castle, church and town walls
00:39 Reconstruction of the medieval castle
00:48 Flight over the castle and harbour
01:15 Conclusion
Hidden on a remote peninsula in County Roscommon lies one of Ireland’s most mysterious medieval location including a castle, a settlement, a church and hospital, a windmill and an entire town abandoned more than seven centuries ago.
Situated on the Rindoon peninsula, Rindoon castle is a Registered Monument but it is in a badly overgrown state. It stands on St. John’s Point, a narrow stretch of land that reaches into Lough Ree. From here, the Normans could control the trade routes within Ireland and to France and England, as well as guarding the surrounding countryside. It’s the kind of place that feels untouched - because for hundreds of years, it truly was.
Around 1227, the powerful Justiciar (King’s regent) of Ireland, Geoffrey de Marisco, ordered the construction of the town and, as this was a heavily disputed territory, its extensive defences. A full walled town soon grew around it - complete with houses and shops, a church, a hospital and a port.
[Geoffrey de Marisco (d. 1245) was Justiciar of Ireland during the reigns of King John and the early years of Henry III. He was known for warring against the native Irish rulers but, in 1245, he was executed for treason].
During the 13th century a number of structures were built including (1) a harbour providing protective landing places, (2) a parish church enclosed by a earth bank with a nave and chancel and (3) a windmill built on a mound with a surrounding ditch.
For a short time, Rindoon thrived.. merchants traded goods locally and throughout Europe and a bustling Anglo-Norman settlement stood where silence stands today. Rindoon’s success came with a fatal flaw.. it stood on the frontier between Anglo-Norman and Gaelic Irish territory - a constant flashpoint of conflict.
The castle was mainly completed by the 1230s; it is thought that it was built over an earlier structure .. which explains the irregular shape. Throughout the 13th century, the town suffered repeated attacks and each assault weakened its defences and its occupants. It was attacked in twice in 1270 and in 1272 it was severely damaged. It was repaired between 1273-8 and expanded to include a protective ditch and drawbridge. By 1342-3, the Anglo-Normans could no longer hold the area and the town was abandoned and the once-thriving settlement was left in ruins and it in Irish hands .. since then it was lost to history until the 16th century (when it was granted to George Goodman). In the 16th century the walls were partially restored and gun-loops added.
By the time modern historians rediscovered it, Rindoon was little more than a collection of ruins hidden among the fields and overgrown peninsula.
Today, the area is privately owned farm and there is no public access.
Thank you for joining me on this brief journey to one of Ireland’s most unknown historical treasures.
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