Draft:Castlehacket House

Castlehacket House
Caisleán an Haicéadaigh
Map
Interactive map of the Castlehacket House area
General information
StatusHotel
TypeCountry house
LocationCastlehacket, County Galway, Ireland
Coordinates53°29′44″N 8°58′7″W / 53.49556°N 8.96861°W / 53.49556; -8.96861
Completed18th century[1]
Website
castlehacket-house.com

Castlehacket House, constructed c. 1703-1760, is a historic country house situated across from Cnoc Meadha hill, between Caherlistrane and Belclare, County Galway.[2][3] Succeeding the 13th century Castle Hackett tower house, Castlehacket served as the seat of the Kirwan family.[4]

History

The house is named for the Hiberno-Norman Hackett family, who previously owned the land on which the house sits and resided in Castle Hackett. Constructed in the mid-18th century, the house was described as being the seat of Sir John Kirwan, Mayor of Galway, in 1786.[1] The Kirwan family acquired the castle through marriage with the Hacketts and subsequently built the manor house on a site near a natural spring.[5]

On 4 December 1923, the house was burned to the ground by anti-treaty IRA forces. Part of the destruction of Irish country houses seen during this period, the British government allocated £23,370 in compensation, used to reconstruct the house in the late 1920s. This process was overseen by Sir Denis "The General" Kirwan Bernard, former Governor of Bermuda and son of Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon and Mary Lissey Kirwan, who died at the home in 1956 and was buried atop Cnoc Meadha.[3] The last Kirwan to inhabit Castlehacket was Percy Paley, who died in 1985.[5]

While the original house was three stories tall, the 1929 reconstruction resulted in a two-story structure.[1] The Georgian house features a North-facing eight-bay entrance, adjoining stables, as well as gardens and grazing land to the South.[2]

In 2016, the house was renovated and today operates as a bed and breakfast.[5] It is included in the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Galway County Council.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Castlehacket". Landed Estates. University of Galway. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Castle Hacket". National Built Heritage Service. Department of Housing, Local Heritage and Government. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  3. ^ a b "The Burning of Castlehackett House". Galway City Museum. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  4. ^ "Hackett Castle". Visit Galway. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  5. ^ a b c "Castlehacket House". Visit Galway. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
  6. ^ Galway County Development Plan - Appendix 6 - Record of Protected Structures (PDF), Galway County Council, 2021, p. 15, retrieved 3 April 2026 – via consult.galway.ie
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