Dromaneen Castle

Dromaneen Castle is a fortified house and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland.

It was one of the three main castles of the ancient O’Callaghan clan. The ruin is that of a Jocobean mansion and it is said to have been built by Caher O’Callaghan in around 1610. It was built to replace an older fortification, which had probably been in the style of a tower house. It was here that the Papal Nuncio Rinunicci was entertained in 1642. The castle was destroyed in 1652 during the Irish Confederate Wars. No effort was made to defend it and it was apparently occupied by Sir Richard Herrill, and Tynte of Youghal after which it was passed to Sir Richard Kyrle.

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Dromaneen Castle staat op plaats 237 van 6.412 in de bekendheidsranglijst van deze atlas en op plaats 39 van de 168 die de atlas in Ierland in kaart brengt. Gebouwd in ca. 1610, en daarmee ouder dan 33% van de gedateerde bouwwerken in de atlas — een van de 422 bouwwerken in de atlas die uit de 17e eeuw stammen. Zie hoe dat zich verhoudt in de kastelenstatistiek.

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