Carriganass Castle
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 Carriganass Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Caisleán Charraig to Easa | |
| Creation time : | around 1540 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Kealkill | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 45 '14.7 " N , 9 ° 22' 44.5" W | |
| Height: | 27 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Carriganass Castle ( Irish Gaelic : Caisleán Charraig an Easa , German: "Castle on the rock with the waterfall") is the ruin of a tower house from the 16th century near the village of Kealkill , about 8 km northeast of Bantry in the west of Ireland County Cork .
history
Carriganass Castle was believed to have built Dermont O'Sullivan around 1540 , a member of the O'Sullivan Beare clan who had considerable power in West Cork in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The castle passed through the hands of various members of the O'Sullivan family when they were in a period of internal fighting until 1601. Then they teamed up to support Hugh O'Neill in the Battle of Kinsale . After the English victory at Kinsale, one of the commanders, Sir George Carew , tracked the O'Sullivan's forces back to their base on the Beara Peninsula . A small garrison was left at Carriganass Castle, while the bulk of the O'Sullivan's forces returned to Dunboy Castle . Carew's army took Carriganass Castle with ease before returning to the siege of Dunboy Castle. The O'Sullivans were later expropriated and the castle became the property of the Barrett , who held it until the 1930s. A house was built next to it when the Barretts owned the castle; but the castle fell into disrepair until it was in its present state.
architecture
Carriganass Castle was a typical Irish tower house from the 16th century with a four-story tower, which was surrounded by a 4.2 meter high curtain wall or enclosure. The main tower towers on an overhanging cliff above the Ouvane River and has four corner turrets. The main entrance to the castle was through a gate on the north side of the enclosure, which in turn had four corner towers. The main tower was in the western wall. Today the castle is in ruins; Parts of the main tower have collapsed.
Hiking trails around Carriganass Castle
Carriganass Castle is at the crossroads of a number of major walking trails in West Cork. The Beara-Breifne Way commemorates O'Sullivan Beres march from West Cork to County Leitrim , where it joined the Counts ' escape . From Carriganass Castle, one can connect circular routes that are part of the Sheep's Head Way network of walking trails. The castle is also the focal point of St Finbarr's Way , a pilgrimage trail that follows in the footsteps of Saint Finbarr's journey from Drimoleague to Gougane Barra .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carriganass Castle . In: Castles in Ireland . castlesinireland.net. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
