Ballyhooly, Near Fermoy : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 08 : graphic

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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.

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