Prince Lionel of Antwerp Comes to Carlow (1361-1367)

Prince Lionel of Antwerp Comes to Carlow (1361-1367)

In 1361, Prince Lionel, second son of King Edward III of England, took office as Governor of Ireland. He relocated the Exchequer and Court of Common Pleas to Carlow Castle and enacted the Statutes of Kilkenny before his death aged 29, having allegedly been poisoned by...
Notes on County Carlow

Notes on County Carlow

  See here for further stories from County Carlow.   *****   The stories below include those of Arthur Kavanagh, a man born without limbs who became an explorer, as well as a Czech engineer who invented the water-bike, the murder of a Hollywood...
Dr Myddelton & the Destruction of Carlow Castle, 1814

Dr Myddelton & the Destruction of Carlow Castle, 1814

Carlow, Ireland, Sunday 13th February 1814, 9am. The explosions that shocked many of the town’s 8,000 inhabitants awake that morning were followed by a rumbling not dissimilar to an earthquake. Panic rippled through the Barrowside town. Had Napoleon’s Grande Armée...
Carlow Castle: Rise & Fall

Carlow Castle: Rise & Fall

A detailed history of Carlow Castle from its construction by the Normans over 800 years ago through to the present day, co-starring Prince Lionel of Antwerp and the extraordinary doctor who accidentally blew most of the building apart in 1814. Become a member of...