Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Coolmain, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolmain
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (in Ruins) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.64375, -8.66039
- SMR number
- CO124-043----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On E side of Coolmain Bay. According to Fuller (1907, 17) 'old square tower, 32 feet by 28 feet, and about 20 feet in height' was incorporated into house which was abondoned c. 1870. The house has since been demolished and no visible trace of tower. A castle of the Mac Carthy Riabhach clan (Ó Murchadha 1985, 54).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape - belvedereunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.