Navan Points of Pride Brochure - Meath County Council
Navan Points of Pride Brochure - Meath County Council
Navan Points of Pride Brochure - Meath County Council
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On the opposite<br />
side <strong>of</strong> the road is<br />
the graveyard and<br />
the church ruins.<br />
The name ‘Athlumney’ derives from ‘Atha Luman’ or ‘Loman’s Ford’.<br />
(St. Loman is reputed to have been a nephew <strong>of</strong> Saint Patrick and was the<br />
first Bishop <strong>of</strong> <strong>Meath</strong>.) The corner turrets were common in late medieval<br />
ncastles in Ireland, and the three-storey part <strong>of</strong> the building is either late<br />
Elizabethan or early Jacobean.<br />
The Lords <strong>of</strong> the manor enjoyed such modern luxuries as glass windows and<br />
central heating rising from the kitchens below. According to legend, the<br />
castle was burned down by Launcelot Dowdall, the last owner. He fled to<br />
exile in France having supported the Catholic King James II in his war<br />
against William <strong>of</strong> Orange in 1689-1691. One <strong>of</strong> the most important battles<br />
<strong>of</strong> this was the famous Battle <strong>of</strong> the Boyne, which took place in 1690.
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