Monkstown Castle with a View of Dublin Bay in 1794, by William Ashford (1746-1824), an English painter who worked exclusively in Ireland. In medieval times the castle was the centre of a large farm owned by the Cistercian monks of St. Mary’s Abbey in the city of Dublin. When the Abbey was dissolved in 1540 the castle was granted to John Travers, and later to General Edmund Ludlow, Cromwell’s Master of the Horse in Ireland, and one of the signatories of the death warrant of Charles I.

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Originally a monochrome image, it has been cleaned, sharpened and later enhanced with colour. Monkstown Castle with a View of Dublin Bay in 1794, by William Ashford (1746-1824), an English painter who worked exclusively in Ireland. In medieval times the castle was the centre of a large farm owned by the Cistercian monks of St. Mary’s Abbey in the city of Dublin. When St Mary’s Abbey was dissolved in 1540 the castle at Monkstown was granted to John Travers who came to Ireland from Cornwall. Travers was Master of the Ordnance and a Groom of the Chamber to the King. During the Cromwellian period the castle was granted to General Edmund Ludlow, Cromwell’s Master of the Horse in Ireland, and one of the signatories of the death warrant of Charles I.

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Size: 3692px × 2841px
Location: Originally a monochrome image, it has been cleaned, sharpened and later enhanced with colour.
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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