GARRYKENNEDY - (Garraí Uí Chinnéide)
Garrykennedy by Paul Gauci before the construction of the Harbour
Castletown and Garrykennedy as recorded by William Petty in the Down Survey 1655-56
Garrykennedy Desmesne from Encumbered Estates Brochure 1857. The new harbour was built in 1857 to accommodate the export of slate from the Curraghbally Slate Quarries.. Much of the ruins of the old Slanger Tower ended up as infill to join the castle island to the mainland.
Early map showing the castle was built on a separate island
1980 edition of Cois Deirge featuring Garrykennedy Castle
Diving competition at Garrykennedy Regatta
Music Festival in Garrykennedy
Locals on board a barge being ferried across Lough Derg to Mountshannon for a dance
Safe moorage in the harbour
Before the addition of the Marina
Early Postcard of Garrykennedy Quay
James McGraths 1912 (above) and The Barge Inn before the building was re-imagined as Larkins
A stroll around Garrykennedy
Ciss Ryans Bar with and without anchor
Ciss Ryan - publican
Gerry Martin - local musician and fiddle maker
Interviewed by National Geographic Magazine in November 1978, he was 81 and was in the process of completing his 75th violin...."I live for music" he said.
Gerry Martin's house
Remnants of the castle interior with mural passage
Continental Cafe society in Garry
Garrykennedy after remedial work by the O.P.W. in 1946
The Castle covered in Ivy
Anachronistic postbox with insignia for Edward VII and Saorstat Eireann
Summers Day in Garrykennedy
Garrykennedy woodland
Larkins Pub
Castle Ruins
Birdlife in Garrykennedy Harbour
Hotel Ormond Water Taxi
The MV Ormond was purchased in Holland in 1964 by the owner of the Ormond Hotel Denis Gilmartin. Its home port was Garrykennedy.
The stark and upright ruin of Garrykennedy Castle and Harbour - (aka Slanger Castle/Castlegare)
Flora in and around the gently splashing waters of Lough Derg at Garrykennedy
Living, abandoned and sunken dreams in the newly built Garrykennedy Marina (2018)
Garrykennedy House in nearby Cornode - Originally it was the residence of James Watson. The family also once owned Brookwatson outside of Nenagh. It was bought by William Parker in 1857.
Garrykennedy Tower...One local legend recorded by Maurice Lenihan states it was built for protection after an English resident received a threatening notice. Originally the only means of entry was via a ladder. It was said to have had a conical slate roof using material from the nearby Curraghbally Slate Quarry. Other versions state that it was one of four towers that William Parker intended building for a new house. Eventually it was resigned to be a folly with a viewing window for the nearby lake. At present, Planning permission has been recently granted to renovate and return the tower to this use.
Artworks
B Dangerfield - view of Lough Derg
Painting of Slanger Tower by N/K
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