Drumcaragh, Near Toon Bridge : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 02, no. 07 : graphic

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Transcript of text: - Page 01. DRUMCARAGH. near Toon Bridge. - Smith and Lewis merely mention this as an O'Leary castle. - Cork Jour. 1914. p.61. A sketch of the castle by M.Holland in 1913. Cody. The Lee, Cork and the Corkonians. 1859. An ancient Fortalice of the O'Learys, now in possession of a Mr. Brown. - 1937. This is a small rectangular tower now almost ruined. Two large holes have been torn out of opposite sides of the building, probably for the stones. The castle is built on rock, in a pass between the hills, not far from the bridge over the Lee at Drumcaragh. On the North East and South West angles there are small bartizans on corbels, at about the second floor level, they are now partly ruined. There was a parapet on top, but no machicolations. There is no trace of a vault, but there was a circular stone stairs, the empty well of which remains in one corner of the castle. The walls are not very thick. The castle was divided inside into two parts with an inner wall which separated the small rooms above the entrance door from the large main rooms. There is a hole for a gun a few feet from the ground in the wall of the basement room. A few slit windows, high up, are still perfect. No trace of outwork or Bawn now remains. - Download size (PDF): 158 KB. Image no Vol_02-07.

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

24/09/2012

1937

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