Delvin

<h2 id="delvin-castle-and-clonyn-castle">Delvin Castle and Clonyn Castle</h2>

Delvin Castle (or Nugent Castle), now a ruin, was built in 1181 by <a href="/facts/Hugh_de_Lacy%2c_Lord_of_Meath/rlp2TBI1">Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath</a> for his brother-in-law, Gilbert de Nugent.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a> De Nugent came to Ireland with de Lacy in 1171 and settled on some land in Delvin. De Nugent was granted the title <a href="/facts/Baron_Delvin/5f9WxRw7">Baron of Delvin</a> within the <a href="/facts/Lordship_of_Meath/DtHbG5v6">Lordship of Meath</a>, a title now held by the <a href="/facts/Earl_of_Westmeath/5f9WxRw7">Earl of Westmeath</a>. The ruins of Nugent Castle (not publicly accessible) remain near the centre of the town.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a>
A second castle was built several centuries later, hundreds of metres from the centre of the Delvin settlement of that time. This building, known as <a href="/facts/Clonyn_Castle/dBrsFSup">Clonyn Castle</a>, is situated south of Delvin between the <a href="/facts/N52_road_(Ireland)/2T2MWa3o">N52</a> and the Collinstown road. Built in the mid-19th century, by Lord and Lady Greville Nugent, it was sold by the Nugent family in 1922. Changing hands several times during the 20th century, it is now a private residence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>

<h2 id="amenities">Amenities</h2>
The 18-hole Delvin Castle Golf Club is located near the town.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>
Between the 2002 and 2016 census, the population of the town more than doubled from 270 to 740 people.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> In addition to other developments, plans were unveiled for the provision of a new sports and leisure facility within the village To date, a walking track, floodlit football pitch and basic changing facilities have been provided on site.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>

<h2 id="education">Education</h2>
<a href="/facts/National_school_(Ireland)/nw6wLY2N">National (primary) schools</a> in the area include St. Patrick's (Crowenstown), St. Tola's (Hiskinstown), and St. Ernan's National Schools.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a>

<h2 id="people">People</h2>
See also: Category:People from Delvin
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Sir_Thomas_Chapman%2c_7th_Baronet/jtMIGjXm">Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet</a>, landowner and father of <a href="/facts/T._E._Lawrence/XWnEQrU9">T. E. Lawrence</a>, was brought up at a large manor house near Delvin<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Laurence_Ginnell/o3I6TW0b">Laurence Ginnell</a>, nationalist politician, was also from Delvin<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Brinsley_MacNamara/d6C2Udag">Brinsley MacNamara</a>, writer and Delvin native, set the 1918 novel <a href="/facts/Valley_of_the_Squinting_Windows/cm2kaETy">Valley of the Squinting Windows</a> in Delvin (under the fictitious name of "Garradrimna")</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mary_McEvoy/kw5DKzI9">Mary McEvoy</a>, actress who played Biddy Byrne in <a href="/facts/Glenroe/sXw79w3E">Glenroe</a> is from Delvin<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://delvinvillage.com">Delvin Village website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.delvinparish.ie/">Delvin Parish</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">"Dealbhna / Delvin (see archival records)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="https://www.logainm.ie/1413959.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.logainm.ie/1413959.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Delvin Castle, Main Street, Delvin, Westmeath". delvinvillage.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="https://delvinvillage.com/history/delvin-castle/" target="_blank">https://delvinvillage.com/history/delvin-castle/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Delvin Castle, Main Street, Delvin, Westmeath". delvinvillage.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="https://delvinvillage.com/history/delvin-castle/" target="_blank">https://delvinvillage.com/history/delvin-castle/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"Clonyn Castle". delvinvillage.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="https://delvinvillage.com/history/clonyn-castle/" target="_blank">https://delvinvillage.com/history/clonyn-castle/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"Delvin Golf Club". Archived from the original on 26 May 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2004. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050526124039/http://www.golfmidlandsireland.com/clubfrm.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20050526124039/http://www.golfmidlandsireland.com/clubfrm.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Delvin (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/westmeath/0348__delvin/" target="_blank">https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/westmeath/0348__delvin/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">"Delvin Sports & Leisure Centre (DSLC)". Delvin Village. Retrieved 18 June 2022. <a href="https://delvinvillage.com/local-resources/delvin-sports-leisure-centre-dslc/" target="_blank">https://delvinvillage.com/local-resources/delvin-sports-leisure-centre-dslc/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">"St Ernan's NS, Castletown, Delvin, Co. Westmeath". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=18598Q" target="_blank">https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=18598Q</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"St Patrick's NS, Crowenstown, Delvin, Co. Westmeath". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=02263S" target="_blank">https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=02263S</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"St Tola's NS, Hiskinstown, Delvin, Co. Westmeath". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=19205W" target="_blank">https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=19205W</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">"T. E. Lawrence: family history - Lawrence's Father". Jeremy Wilson, Lawrence of Arabia, The Authorised Biography. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="http://www.telstudies.org/biography/biog_family.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.telstudies.org/biography/biog_family.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">"Delvin recalls the life of Laurence Ginnell". westmeathexaminer.ie. Westmeath Examiner. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2020. <a href="http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2009/04/28/delvin-recalls-the-life-of-laurence-ginnell/" target="_blank">http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2009/04/28/delvin-recalls-the-life-of-laurence-ginnell/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">"Local Mary McEvoy up for book award". advertiser.ie. Athlone Advertiser. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2020. The actress, most famous as Glenroe's Biddy, hails from Delvin in north Westmeath <a href="https://www.advertiser.ie/athlone/article/46026/local-mary-mcevoy-up-for-book-award" target="_blank">https://www.advertiser.ie/athlone/article/46026/local-mary-mcevoy-up-for-book-award</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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