Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Ballymaloe Castle, E of Cloyne, Co.Cork.
Came into possession of
Sir John Fitzedmund Fitzgerald
apparently in 1575.
It was his country seat. Cloyne was his town house.
Sir John lived to a great age, and his son
Sir Edmund Fitzgerald
also lived with him at Ballymaloe, with his wife and family.
Alterations were made by them, probably in the peace of 1603 to 1612.
This early 17th century house does not survive.
Both father and son died in 1612.
The castle was seat of Edmund's son
Sir John Óg Fitzgerald
(died 1640).
The Fitzgerald family lost
Ballymaloe Castle by 1650,
in the
Irish Confederate Wars
and the
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
Ballymaloe Castle
became the property of
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery
in 1657.
The castle
later
had many different owners.
A later
Ballymaloe House
was built.
"Queen Anne wing" added c.1709.
Part of the old castle (called "the turret")
survives today.
Ballymaloe House
was bought by Irish chef
Myrtle Allen
and her husband in 1948.
They
founded a famous restaurant there
in 1964.
They also set up a hotel.
The house is now
Ballymaloe House, Hotel and Restaurant.
Their daughter-in-law
Darina Allen
set up
Ballymaloe Cookery School
a few miles to the E
(at Shanagarry, see map).
Darina Allen's daughter-in-law is chef
Rachel Allen.
Ballymaloe Foods
produces the well-known
Ballymaloe Relish.
Ballymaloe Castle shown E of Cloyne on 1616-1620 map.
Map of the barony of Imokilly,
Hardiman atlas,
TCD
MS 1209/44.
Ballymaloe Castle (now re-built as Ballymaloe House), Co.Cork, on
1829 to 1842 map.
Ballymaloe Castle and Ballymaloe House
on modern
satellite view.
See
street view
of NW gate.
Ballymaloe House (incorporating part of Ballymaloe Castle).
Photo 2019.
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See wider shot.
See wider shot.
View from the W.
Photo 2015.
From Valerie Hinojosa.
Creative Commons.
View from the W.
Photo 2015.
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From Lindy Buckley.
Creative Commons.
See
other 2015 shot
(and full size).
From Lindy Buckley.
View from the SW side, showing the turret.
Photo 2019.
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View from the NW side, showing the turret.
Photo 2019.
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The "Queen Anne wing" from the stable yard.
Photo 2019.
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The gate house,
to the E of the main building, in the stable yard.
Some think this dates to the original 15th-16th century castle,
others that it is later.
Photo 2015.
See full size.
From Lindy Buckley.
Creative Commons.
Ballymaloe for sale in 1947.
On the wall at Ballymaloe.
See larger
and full size.
Ballymaloe House.
Myrtle Allen: A Life In Food
from
Ballymaloe House
on Vimeo.
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