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Dungiven Castle
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Dungiven Castle is a 19th century castle in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
In 1610 James I ordered the Great Twelve Livery Companies to undertake the settlement, or plantation, of the Ulster counties of Londonderry and Tyrone. Of the livery companies, the Great Twelve Livery Companies are:-
The lands to be settled were divided into lots. The Skinners’ Company drew lot number 12. Its lands came to be known as the Manor of Pellipar. They, in turn, leased their estate to Sir Edward Doddington in 1616 who built a castle in Dungiven of "22 foot broad, four stories high whereof some part of the walls were standing before; and is now by him well finished and slated". When Sir Edward died in 1618 the lease passed to his widow, Lady Doddington (née Beresford) who later married Sir Francis Cooke and on her death, she demised the Manor of Pellipar to Edward Carey, her grand-nephew in 1696. Captain Edward Carey constructed the basis for Dungiven Castle in the mid-17th century as a simple single-story courtyard castle. At this time, castles were falling out of favour so it could be viewed as a manor house with castle-like features. From 1696 the Carey family lived in this property. Edward's son, Henry Carey, got a new lease on 11 January 1742 at a rent of £500 following a down payment of £5,637. Only the bawn walls of it remain on the grounds of Dungiven Castle today. The Carey family continued to hold the estate throughout the rest of the 18th century until 1794, when Robert Ogilby, of Pellipar House, paid Carey £10,000 for his interest in the remainder of the lease before securing a new lease from the Skinners Company on a down payment of £25,000 and a yearly rent of £1,500 with a deposit of £10,000 as security for the rent.
Dr John Ogilvie, of Calhame, Aberdeenshire, settled in Limavady, about 1670, was succeeded by his son, Alexander who changed the spelling of the name from Ogilvie/Ogilvy. The Ogilvy clan suffered much in the service of the Stewart monarchs, supporting the Jacobite cause and fighting for the Stewart family in both 1715 and 1745.
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