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Castleshane Caisleán an tSiáin | |
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Village | |
 N2 at Castleshane | |
  Castleshane Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates:54°14′12″N6°52′36″W / 54.2367°N 6.8767°W /54.2367; -6.8767 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Monaghan |
Castleshane (Irish:Caisleán an tSiáin, meaning 'castle of the fairy mound')[1] is a small village on the outskirts ofMonaghan town in the north ofCounty Monaghan inIreland. The village is situated on theN2, the main road fromDublin toDerry andLetterkenny, and is located approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Monaghan town and 17 km (11 mi) fromCastleblayney. It is also located approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the border withCounty Armagh, which is part ofNorthern Ireland.
The Castle Shane Estate, the formercountry estate in the area, was originally owned by Francis Lucas, eldest son of Henry Lucas and his second wife Alyce Bradocke. Francis was borncirca 1553. His descendants held Castle Shane (spelled as two separate words), thecountry house on the Castle Shane Estate, for many generations. The originalcastle on the site may have beenlate medieval.
However, the castle was largely rebuilt for Francis Lucas, probably in the lateElizabethan style, around 1591. This was thearchitectural style chosen when the castle was rebuilt as acountry house for the Lucas-Scudamore dynasty, beginning in 1836.[2] The new country house was built in a mixture of theneo-Elizabethan style and theneo-Jacobean style. Castle Shane (the country house) consisted of a four-storey tower with cornerbartizans and a main three storey block.[2]
The mansion burned down in 1920 and very little of it remains.[2] The house had three centre bays with three sided bays to each side withmullioned windows, curvilinear gables andneo-Tudor chimneys. All that remains is part of a three-storey bay window and gable end.[2] There is also a gatelodge and abellcote in the walled garden.[2] Most of the former Castle ShaneDemesne, which includes the remains of Castle Shane, the country house itself, is now mainly in ruins and belongs in majority toCoillte, the Irish forestry body.[citation needed]
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