The tower house was built by the Hacketts, a Norman family. The Kirwans, one of the tribes of Galway, settled there in the 15th century. The Castlehacket branch of the family was established in the mid-17th century by Sir John Kirwan. The castle was abandoned in the 18th century and the Kirwans built a new three-story house called Castlehacket which was burned in 1923 during the Civil War but rebuilt and still stands today.
In the introduction to his Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888), William Butler Yeats mentions the family and Castlehacket, writing, "Each county has usually some family, or personage, supposed to have been favoured or plagued [with fairy-seeing abilities], especially by the phantoms, as the Hackets of Castle Hacket, Galway, who had for their ancestor a fairy…"[1]
castle, hackett, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, january, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Castle Hackett news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Castle Hackett is a 13th century tower house at the base of Knockma hill 10 kilometres 6 mi south west of Tuam County Galway Ireland CastlehacketCaislean an HaiceadaighLocationCounty Galway IrelandPart ofAncient Gaelic Kingdom of Maigh SeolaHeight168 metres 551 ft Castlehacket hill Knockma HistoryAbandoned18th century Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 BibliographyHistory EditThe tower house was built by the Hacketts a Norman family The Kirwans one of the tribes of Galway settled there in the 15th century The Castlehacket branch of the family was established in the mid 17th century by Sir John Kirwan The castle was abandoned in the 18th century and the Kirwans built a new three story house called Castlehacket which was burned in 1923 during the Civil War but rebuilt and still stands today In the introduction to his Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry 1888 William Butler Yeats mentions the family and Castlehacket writing Each county has usually some family or personage supposed to have been favoured or plagued with fairy seeing abilities especially by the phantoms as the Hackets of Castle Hacket Galway who had for their ancestor a fairy 1 See also EditTower houses in Britain and Ireland Norman Ireland Castlehackett National SchoolReferences Edit Yeats W B 1983 Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland Macmillan Publishing Company p 4 ISBN 0 02 055640 3 Bibliography EditO Flaherty Roderic 1846 A Chorographical Description of West Or H Iar Connaught Written A D 1684 p 148 at Google Books Spellissy Sean 1999 The History of Galway Salter Mike 2004 The Castles of Connacht Lynch Ronan 2006 The Kirwans of Castlehackett nbsp nbsp This article about a castle in Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to the geography of County Galway Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Castle Hackett amp oldid 1171916179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
