The Carmelite Friary, Rathmullan, County Donegal
The Carmelite Friary, Rathmullan, County Donegal
The Carmelite Friary, Rathmullan, County DonegalSigned lower right: A Nicholl RHAWatercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour and scratching out33 by 51.1 cm., 13 by 20 in.Rathmullan sits on the western shore of Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal. The Friary was built by Eoghan Rua MacSweeney in 1516 but was sacked by the English in 1597. It was turned into a fortified house during the Napoleonic Wars.){kind=link}
Andrew Nicholl R.H.A. (1804-1886)
The Carmelite Friary, Rathmullan, County Donegal
Signed lower right: A Nicholl RHA
Watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour and scratching out
33 by 51.1 cm., 13 by 20 in.
Rathmullan sits on the western shore of Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal. The Friary was built by Eoghan Rua MacSweeney in 1516 but was sacked by the English in 1597. It was turned into a fortified house during the Napoleonic Wars.