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Sunday 18th
August
From 1.30 pm to 5.00pm
~ Part of Heritage Week 2013 ~
Be excited, be inspired, "The RindoonRevival 2013" - be part of
it!
Organized by St. Johns Parish Heritage Group
[email protected]
The Yew Tree restaurant was awarded Best Restaurant in
Roscommon on two consecutive occasions and won theprestigious
Best Chef in Roscommon Award and Best
Customer Service in Roscommon Award from The
RestaurantAssociation of Ireland.
Open Wednesday to Sunday: 12.30 to 9.00 pm.
When in the area why not drop infor a meal at the award
winning
Tel: +353 90 666 1255
Email: [email protected]
How to find usRoscommon
The Yew Tree Restaurant
The Rindoon Revival 2013
Lecarrow
Athlone
Leaflet designed by Liam Byrne. June 2013. 087 2431240
The Rindoon Revival 2013.
At the height of it's fame in the late 13th century theMedieval
town of Rindoon, in Warren townland in southRoscommon, was an
important meeting place of diversecultures. An interchange between
the English and Irish,the town boasted a population of between 800
and 1,000or about one-twentieth the size of London at the
time!Today, Warren is one of the few townlands in Ireland with
zero population. On Sunday 18th August 2013 St. John'sParish
Heritage Group would like to recreate this culturalexchange. You
are cordially invited to attend "TheRindoon Revival 2013" to
witness what it was like whenRindoon held a religious or social
festival and all thetownsfolk, Irish and English, gathered to enjoy
the day!Make the day part of your holiday, a family fun-day witha
difference! Enjoy the beautiful scenery of Lough Reeand the
historic ruins of Rindoon and feel inspired by aplace where people
lived on the border of two cultures.
Be excited, be inspired, "The Rindoon Revival 2013"
- be there!
Weinvite you to get involved in the spirit of the day
byattending in costume. Though we would prefer Medievaldress, if
you wish you can come in any pre-20th centuryguise. This event is
organized by St. John's ParishHeritage Group as part of Heritage
Week 2013, IrishWalled Towns Day 2013 and The Gathering 2013.
Pleasecome along and make this a day to remember. TheRindoon
Revivalbe part of it!
Entry to the event is FREE, howeverwe invite all adultsto make a
voluntary contribution to our supported charity
The Carers Association. A donation of 2 per adult
issuggested.
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Map: Ordnance Survey Ireland Permit No. 8894. Ordnance Survey
Ireland / Government of Ireland.
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Rindoon Medieval TownA Brief History
The deserted Medieval town of Rindoon is situated on a peninsula
on the western shore of Lough Ree about nine miles north of
Athlone. The surviving remains constitute oneof the most important
complexes of Medieval monuments in Ireland. Though there is little
physical evidence to indicate settlement before the coming of the
Normans, the place-name Rinn Din, "the fort of the promontory" is
itself an indication of pre-Norman activity. In 1156 Ruaidhr Conor
drew his boats over the ice from Galey to Rindoonduring a
particularly hard winter. The discovery of an Early Christian
cross-slab in the graveyard adjoining the Medieval hospital of the
Fratres Cruciferi indicates that this wasan early church site and
it was also here that two hand bells and a bronze crucifixion
plaque, now in the National Museum of Ireland, were found.
Rindoon's possibilities as a bridgehead into Connacht first came
to the attention of the Anglo-Normans in 1200/1 when John deCourcy
spent a week ferrying his men acrossLough Ree from Rindoon,
following his defeat in Connacht. Rindoon was occupied by the
Normans in 1227 when Toirdelbach Conor and Geoffrey Marisco erected
a castlehere on behalf of King Henry III of England. The town was
also founded about this time because its market cross, bawn and
ditch are mentioned in 1236 when Phelim Conorattacked the town. No
charter of incorporation survives but references to a portreeve
indicate that it was administered by a corporation. The town
possibly served as a
processing station for the thousands of cattle paid in annual
tribute by the Irish to the English King. At its height, the
population of Rindoon is estimated to have been about1000 people, a
considerable number, for the period. (The population of London at
the time was approx 20,000).
The towns first account to the exchequer was in 1241. In 1259 it
was assessed for 8-5-8 per annum. By 1285 this had risen to 320 per
annum and the town was supplied withcorn, cloth and wine from
Bordeaux. Rindoon underwent a series of attacks from 1229 until
1321/3 and it is last mentioned in 1342/3 when it was described as
being in Irishhands. In 1544 the Earl of Clanrickarde petitioned
for the land of St. John's of Rindoon. The castle may have been in
ruins by this time because the grant eventually made toChristopher
Davers and Charles Egingham mentioned only the hospital of the
Crutched Friars and cottages in the town. By 1574 Rindoon was back
in Irish hands but in 1578 itwas granted to Thomas Chester and
George Goodman on condition that they maintained one English archer
there. In 1605/6 it was granted to Edward Crofton as "the
monastery
of St. John the Baptist, alias the Crotched Friars of St John
the Baptist ... a slated church, belfry, cloister and all other
buildings, gardens ... six waste cottages in the town of
St.John's". This and subsequent grants in 1608 indicate that the
town had ceased to function and was now simply an estate (Rindoon
Management Plan 1998)).
In the past five years The Irish Walled Towns Network (part of
The Heritage Council) in association with St. Johns Parish He
ritage Group have spent over a quarter of amillion Euro on
conservation work at Rindoon. St. Johns Parish Heritage Group would
like to thank all those who have helped, in any way , with this
project. We would likeespecially to thank the landowners, without
whose continued cooperation this work would not be possible.
St. Johns Parish Heritage Group - Helping to preserve our
yesterdays for your tomorrows.
