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.

Tekst pochodzi z artykułu „Dromaneen Castle” w angielskiej Wikipedii, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dromaneen Castle zajmuje 237. miejsce na 6412 w rankingu rozpoznawalności zamków tego atlasu i 39. wśród 168 obiektów w Irlandii. Powstał w ok. 1610 i jest starszy niż 33% datowanych obiektów atlasu — jeden z 422 obiektów atlasu powstałych w XVII wieku. Zobacz w statystykach zamków, jak wypada Irlandia.

Zobacz na interaktywnej mapie zamków →

Przeczytaj całą historię w Wikipedii ↗