Blarney Castle, Co. Cork

Details

John Nixon (1750-1818)
Blarney Castle, Co. Cork
signed with a initials 'J.N.' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'Blarney Castle C Cork, 5 Octr, 1792' (lower right)
pencil, grey ink and watercolour, unframed
4½ x 7 in. (11.5 x 17.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Green's Antiques, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The keep, depicted here is the original of the third castle that was built upon this site in 1446 by Dermot MacCarthy, King of Munster.

Legend has it that in gratitude for supplying four thousand men from Munster to aid Robert the Bruce at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Cormac McCarthy, King of Munster, was given half of the Stone of Scone. This was subsequently incorporated into the battlements and has come to be known as the Blarney Stone.

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