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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. -
Ballinacarriga, Near Dunmanway : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 03, no. 01 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Page 01. BALLINACARRIGA. Near Dunmanway. - Smith. Vol,I. p.261. Built by Randal Oge Hurley at a noted pass, deemed very strong, was garrisoned by the English in 1641. - Lewis. Vol.I. p.151. A lofty pile, 96 ft high, with a 12th or 13th Century tower. The upper room has arched windows in the Norman style, with mouldings enriched with curious devices. The letters R.M. C.C. 1585 are said to be Randal McCarthy and Catherine Collins, his wife. The lofty vaulted hall was divided into many storeys. Cromwell's soldiers were at Ballinacarriga. P.612. A short distance to the S.E. is a circular Keep or watch tower. In the castle a spiral stone stairs, in fair preservation, leads to the battlements. - Cork Journal. 1905. p.105. The O'Hurleys were a very ancient family who came from Limerick. They had a castle called Knocklong. McCarthy Glas says that there were 8 Randal Oges in succession, from 1530 to 1730. Cronelly (p.353) gives an account of this family. Hurley was sometimes written Murrily. At one time they owned Derry, Monteen, and Ballinvoher. Dermot O'Hurley is said to have owned them in James II's time. Fiants show that there were Hurleys in Cork before 1585. They intermarried with the de Courceys. A daughter of Randal Oge, who built the castle, married Dermot McCarthy of Ballinvoher (alias Mac Crimin). There are pardons to O'Hurleys of Bealnacarriga in 1585, 1601, and in 1641 Randal O'Hurley and his father were attainted. Catherine Collins or Cullinane was the daughter of McCarthy Reagh's physician. - Cork Journal. 1906. p.27. Photo. This castle and Ballinward were built by the Hurleys or O'Murrilys. - - Page 02. BALLINACARRIGA. - Cork Journal. 1906. p.27. In 1517 there was a John O'Murrily, Abbot of the parish of Myross. In 1490 an O'Hurily was Sub-Prior of the Franciscan Convent in Youghal. The Hurleys intermarried with the De Courceys and the Fitzgeralds. P.76. The name means "the mouth of the rock". An old residence of the family was said to be at -
Backyard of the Horgan's cinema, Youghal : graphic.
Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-030. -
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Aughadown
The following is the Irish Tourist Association and General Survey for Aughadown. -
Ath Trasna : a history of Newmarket, County Cork [digital format]
PDF file of the book of the same name. -
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Astna Square Clonakilty
This postcard depicts Astna Square.. The statue in the middle of the square was erected in 1898 to commemorate the Battle of the Big Cross, which took place during the 1798 Rebellion. The statue is of local leader, Tadhg an Astna. -
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Army Chaplain and four ladies : graphic.
Group portrait of four women and an army Chaplain. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-250. -
Ardsallagh with scotts pine : graphic.
Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-100. -
Ardmore village : graphic.
Photograph shows Main street, Ardmore village,with boy on bicycle and donkey and cart. In the background -TÔoibÔin's shop, the Protestant church and the round tower. Digital image created by Davison and Associates, Dublin. Image number D40T9012-. -
Ardmore slip : graphic.
View of the slip in Ardmore with boats and boys. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number D40T8780-. -
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. -
Ardfield-Rathbarry
The following is the Irish Tourist Association and General Survey for Ardfield-Rathbarry. -
