Lea Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Portarlington, County Laois. A timber castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th century and replaced by a later stone castle.[1] The remains of the castle mostly date to the 13th century and consist of a four-storey donjon and a gatehouse.[2]
The castle was the property of the FitzGerald family, who held the title Earl of Kildare from 1316. The FitzGeralds in the 1290s clashed fiercely with the powerful Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, and in 1294–5 they held him prisoner in Lea Castle for several months, until Parliament secured his release.[3]
LeaCastle is a ruined medieval castle near Portarlington, County Laois. A timber castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th century and replaced...
The River Lea (/ˈliː/ LEE) is in the East of England and Greater London. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through...
earthen mounds, known as mottes. They also built stone fortresses, such as LeaCastle, just outside Portarlington. Several of the county's towns were first...
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Burgh, Earl of Ulster, destroyed Sligo castle, John fitz Thomas captured the earl, and imprisoned him in Leacastle for three months until he relinquished...
patriarch Richard I Knight), had a grandson John Knight (1765–1850), of LeaCastle, Wolverley, the pioneering developer of the Forest of Exmoor in Somerset...
Hertford Castle is a Norman era castle built beside the River Lea in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England. Most of the internal buildings...
fragmentary remains of LeaCastle, adjoining a modern farmhouse at Lower Lea. Lydham was served by the now defunct Bishops Castle Railway which closed in...
son. One of his male Knight cousins (namely John Knight (1765-1850) of LeaCastle, Wolverley, of 52 Portland Place and of Simonsbath House, Exmoor, Somerset)...
incorporating the River Lea (also called the River Lee along the sections that are navigable). It flows from Hertford Castle Weir to the River Thames...
00°07′58″W / 51.51389°N 0.13278°W / 51.51389; -0.13278 Warner Bros. De Lane Lea Studios is a recording studio, based in Dean Street, Soho, London. Although...
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