Images of Carlingford, Ireland
Images of Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland
Images of Carlingford
The Tholsel, Carlingford
Photographer: Gerard McLoughlin
The Tholsel, the only surviving town gate in Carlingford,
served as a toll gate where taxes were levied on goods entering the town. It was also used as a town gaol in the 18th century.
Originally three storeys high, it is reputed to have housed a parliament which made laws for
the Pale.
Dominican Friary
Photographer: Gerard McLoughlin
Founded in 1305 for the Dominicans by their patron Richard de Burgo,
Earl of Ulster, it comprises
a nave and chancel divided by a later bell tower. There are parapets on the north and south walls and the west doorway is protected by a machiolation. Dissolved by order of Henry V111 circa 1539,
it was then used as an accommodation for fishermen. In the 1670s, a repossession dispute between the Dominicans and
the Franciscans was resolved by Oliver Plunkett in favour of the Dominicans who eventually abandoned the building in the 18th century.
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The Tholsel, Carlingford
Photographer: Gerard McLoughlin
The Tholsel, the only surviving town gate in Carlingford,
served as a toll gate where taxes were levied on goods entering the town. It was also used as a town gaol in the 18th century.
Originally three storeys high, it is reputed to have housed a parliament which made laws for
the Pale.
Dominican Friary
Photographer: Gerard McLoughlin
Founded in 1305 for the Dominicans by their patron Richard de Burgo,
Earl of Ulster, it comprises
a nave and chancel divided by a later bell tower. There are parapets on the north and south walls and the west doorway is protected by a machiolation. Dissolved by order of Henry V111 circa 1539,
it was then used as an accommodation for fishermen. In the 1670s, a repossession dispute between the Dominicans and
the Franciscans was resolved by Oliver Plunkett in favour of the Dominicans who eventually abandoned the building in the 18th century.
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Dominican Friary
Photographer: Gerard McLoughlin
Founded in 1305 for the Dominicans by their patron Richard de Burgo,
Earl of Ulster, it comprises
a nave and chancel divided by a later bell tower. There are parapets on the north and south walls and the west doorway is protected by a machiolation. Dissolved by order of Henry V111 circa 1539,
it was then used as an accommodation for fishermen. In the 1670s, a repossession dispute between the Dominicans and
the Franciscans was resolved by Oliver Plunkett in favour of the Dominicans who eventually abandoned the building in the 18th century.
***
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