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Carrignacurra, Near Inchigeela : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 16 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Occupied by connor O'Leary till 1641 when his estates were forfeited. The name means "the Rock of the Weir". There was an important eel weir on the Lee nearby. The O'Learys came to this district about 1192. - Download size (PDF): 116 KB. Image no Vol_06-16. -
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Carriganas, on Owvane river, Near Ballylickey : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 14 :
Transcript of text: - Smith describes this castle as a lofty structure with a square court and flanked with 4 round towers. It was built by O'Sullivan Bere and was held by Daniel O'Sullivan against the forces of Elizabeth. After the capture of Dunboy Castle it surrendered to Carew. It stands on a rock above the Owvane river. 1936 Little left but a few high ruined walls with traces of twovaulted stone floors. It stands on a rock beside the river. The outer wall around it is in fairly good condition, also two rather perfect turrets and two more ruinous. - Download size (PDF): 219 KB. Image no Vol_06-14. -
Carrigadrohid : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 13 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Smith says built by the McCarthys. A noted pass in the wars of 1641. Lord Broghil hanged the Bishop of Ross there as he refused to order the garrison to surrender. Soon after the English took the castle by a trick. In 1600 Dame Johanna Butler lived there. - 1936 Lewis says the bridge was built by order of Cromwell and that the castle had been modernized and an entrance made from the bridge. - Download size (PDF): 115 KB. Image no Vol_06-13. -
Cahirmone, Midleton : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 12 : graphic
Transcript of text: - 1761 the 6th Lord Midleton was born at Cahirmore. Built in 1579 by Redmond Fitzgerald (Lewis). The mansion, now a ruin was occupied by Lord Midleton's agent in 1837. - Download size (PDF): 114 KB. Image no Vol_06-12. -
Benduff Castle, Near Rosscarbery : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 11 : graphic
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Belvelly, Great Island : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 10 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Built by the Hodnets in the 14th century. 1636 leased to Sir Philip Courthope who repaired it and lived there till about 1651. About 1581 Raleigh had it for a time, and after him Lord Barrymore, and in 1666 Lord Orrery wrote that he intended to repair it. - Download size (PDF): 115 KB. Image no Vol_06-10. -
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Ballyhooly, Near Fermoy : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 08 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Page 01. Smith (1750) says "a castle of the Roches, formerly a forest of great extent. It afterwards passed to Sir Rd. Aldworth. In 1645 it ws taken by lord Castlehaven. Repaired by Lady Listowel who built the house in 1871. In 1838 the "Field Book" describes it "in ruins". There are 5 rooms in the castle, the outer court and one flanker remain. A modern house is built up against it. - Cork Jour. 1897. - - Page 02. Ballyhooly, Near Fermoy - Smith. Vol.I. p.350. A castle of the Roches, formerly a forest of great extent. This estate passed afterwards to Sir Richard Aldworth. - Lewis. Vol.I. p.138. An ancient castle on a rocky eminence over the Blackwater. Formerly one of the principal fortresses of the Roches, on its forfeiture was granted with the adjoining lands to Sir Richard Aldworth. 1645 Taken by Lord Castlehaven. - Cork Jour, 1897 p.248 & 260. Windele describes it as a large Keep of Tudor age, surrounded by the vestiges of walls and towers. Over the door is a projecting machicolation, above that an embattled parapet. The arch of the ground floor room, the outer court and one flanker remain. Lady Listowel repaired the castle. There are five rooms in it, one of them panelled with old wainscoating taken from the old house at Rinny. The windows and part of the stairs are the original. The house close to the castle was built in 1871 by the same Countess. - Grove White's Notes. I. p.217 & 234. 1908 In good condition. - Ordnance Survey 1841 shows it "in ruins". - O'Flanagan (about 1884) describes it, and refers to the machicoulis over the door. - 1937. The castle has obviously been restored, glass put in the windows etc. It is very close to the modern house, on one side the rock on which it is built runs straight down to the river, and there are remains of outworks. - Download size (PDF): 172 KB. Image no Vol_06-08. -
Ballyannan, Midleton : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 07 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Probably built by the Hodnets, later rebuilt by the Brodericks in the 16th Cen. They lived there till the middle 18th Cen. - Download size (PDF): 114 KB. Image no Vol_06-07. -
Ballinward, Near Kilmeen : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 06 : graphic
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Ballintotis, Near Midleton : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 05 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Probably a Geraldine castle. A small tower fairly well preserved, stairs and vaulted ceiling sound in 1936. Almost nothing is known about it. Smith I. 133 "On the old high road to Youghal". It is near 2 lakes. There were once 2 floors below the arched stone ceiling. A very narrow stairs from the principal room, above the vault another narrow stairs lead up to the parapet. - Download size (PDF): 219 KB. Image no Vol_06-05. -
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Ballinacarriga, Near Dunmanway : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 03 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Smith says "built by Randal Oge Hurley at a noted pass. Lewis calls it a lofty pile 96 ft. high. There is a good spiral stone stairs. There are some curious carving mostly religious around the window of an upper room. High above the doorway to the right, is a grotesque carved figure. The O'Hurleys were powerful from about 1530. The name is also spelt Murrilly. Cork Jour. 1905, 1906. - Download size (PDF): 114 KB. Image no Vol_06-03. -
Ardintenant, Near Schull : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 02 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Page 01. This castle was the residence of the chief of the O'Mahonys. It was built not later than 1310 (Cork Jour. 1899, 1909, &1910). Many generations of this family lived and died there until 1607 when Donal O'Mahony let it to Holland and later to Galway. It is built in an old Rath, like some 13th century castles. - Cork Jour. 1909, 1910, 1897. - - Page 02. Ardintenant. near Skull. - Smith. Vol.I. p.282. A ruined castle, the chief residence of the O'Mahonys. - Cork Jour. 1909. p.72 & 121. Its site, like some 13th Century castles, Castle Lac, Caherdriny and others, is an ancient rath, whose inner rampart was replaced by a curtain wall. Only one flanking tower remains. The wall is almost destroyed, but the castle is fair. Like some other early castles, the entrance to the stairs is from outside, over the door on the ground level, which opens into a vaulted basement. - Cork Jour. 1909. p.123. Built not later than 1310. The Annals of Loch Ce say that O'Mahon of the western land died in his own castle of Ard an Tennail A.D. 1473. - Cork Jour. 1910. 1602 Donough O'Mahon, nominal head of the Clan, died a minor at Ardintennane. His brother Donal succeeded him. Till the 1650 confiscations the story of this family is one of decay, some of them went to Spain. Donal owned this castle, also Ballydevlin and Dunlough. In 1607 he let this to Holland, later on to Galway, and lived himself at Ballydevlin. - Download size (PDF): 153 KB. Image no Vol_06-02. -
Aghern, Near Conna on the Bride : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 01 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Lewis says that this castle was built in 1389 by one of the Fitzgeralds on the Cork-Tallow road to command a pass over the river. It was a very strong castle garrisoned by the Earl of Desmond against the forces of Elizabeth. This estate was sold to Sir R. Boyle after the Sugar Earl was attainted in 1601. In Cromwell's time it was owned by the the Clifford family, in 1690 Capt. Clifford married a Miss Moore of Aghern. In 1805 George Bowles became the owner, before that date the Corban family lived in it. Of the two towers the W. one is only a shell. - See Cork Jour. 1916 & 1927. - Download size (PDF): 236 KB. Image no Vol_06-01.