A guess at the Unidentified Medieval Castle
June 11th, 2009In an earlier post (here) I posted a picture of a medieval castle and asked for people to identify it. Somebody sent me a guess that maybe the castle is The Rock of Cashel in Ireland. I took a look at a bunch of photos of the Rock of Cashel and I am not so sure. I think that this is not the castle in question. Maybe you could take a look and give me your opinion. - and thanks much to the person who contributed this suggestion.
But, while looking up the Rock of Cashel I did discover it has an interesting creation story. Here is the legend about this castle:
“The legend of this castle says that in 432 St. Patrick came to Cashel to baptize King Aengus. It was during this ceremony of baptism that the devil flew over Ireland and he was hindered by the Slieve Bloom Mountains and took a bite out of the peaks. After reaching the opposite side of the mountains he spat out what he had bitten off and it is this rocky formation that formed the Rock of Cashel. There is a gap in the Slieve Bloom mountains which is called “The Devil’s Bite”. This gap can be seen north of the Rock of Cashel. The symbolism of the shamrock also comes from a story from St. Patrick and Cashel. The story goes that during the baptism St. Patrick plucked a shamrock to explain the mystery of the holy trinity.”
Isn’t that cool? If you are interested in Medieval Castles I have lots of stuff about them, including mysteries and secrets about them on my website: Medieval Castles
