Cork Local Studies Digital Archive

Togher Castle, Near Dunmanway : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 47 : graphic

Item

https://www.corkdigitalarchive.ie/files/original/c0be6f889913a3a9b1ff585c9f1e93ee.pdf

Dublin Core

Title

Togher Castle, Near Dunmanway : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 47 : graphic

Subject

Castles Ireland Cork (County).
Tower-Houses Ireland Cork (County).
Cork (County) History.

Description

Transcript of text: - Cork Journal, 1895. Togher- a hurdle track across a bog. Smith says it belonged to the McCarthy's of Glownacrime. (Cork Journ. 1892) says it was built by Tadg or Orsa, between 1597 and 1618. Forfeited after 1641 and granted to Hoares of Iretons army. In 1666 it was unroofed. In 1746 Wm Millner got a lease for 999 years. Before 1895 it was reroofed and modernised by Father Lyons. There were many rooms high chimneys and fireplaces, windows and doors had been broken out. There are machicolations and small round loops for hand guns in the parapet walls. A circular stone stairs leads to the top. On the ground floor, left of the stairs, is a door leading to a dungeon. - Download size (PDF): 94 KB. Image no Vol_06-47.

Creator

Healy, James N. James Nagle, 1916-1993.

Date

05/09/2012
1936

Contributor

Cork County Library

Rights

Reproduction rights reserved.

Format

1 handwritten page with 3 ph Digital Image graphic

Identifier

569654

Citation

Healy, James N. James Nagle, 1916-1993., “Togher Castle, Near Dunmanway : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 47 : graphic,” Cork Local Studies Digital Archive, accessed December 23, 2024, https://corkdigitalarchive.ie/items/show/1323.