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Rosbrin Castle, Near Schull : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 44 : graphic
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Togher Castle, Near Dunmanway : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 47 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Cork Journal, 1895. Togher- a hurdle track across a bog. Smith says it belonged to the McCarthy's of Glownacrime. (Cork Journ. 1892) says it was built by Tadg or Orsa, between 1597 and 1618. Forfeited after 1641 and granted to Hoares of Iretons army. In 1666 it was unroofed. In 1746 Wm Millner got a lease for 999 years. Before 1895 it was reroofed and modernised by Father Lyons. There were many rooms high chimneys and fireplaces, windows and doors had been broken out. There are machicolations and small round loops for hand guns in the parapet walls. A circular stone stairs leads to the top. On the ground floor, left of the stairs, is a door leading to a dungeon. - Download size (PDF): 94 KB. Image no Vol_06-47. -
Books of Reference : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 48 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Books of Reference. Antient and present state of the County and City of Cork by Charles Smith, 1750. Visitation of Dive Downes, Bishop of Cork and Ross, 1691-1709. Youngs Tour of Ireland, (1776-9). Hoares Journal of a Town in Ireland, 1791. Holmes Sketches of some of the Southern Counties of Ireland. London, 1801. Davies Journal (Dean of Cork 1710), written 1689. Windles Cork and it<U+2019>s Vicinity, 1839. Windles Cork and County, 1860. Windles Survey of Cork, 1815. Grose Antiquities of Ireland, 2 Vol. Cody, River Lee, Cork, and Corkonians. Lewis topographical Dictionary, 1837. Gibson History of Cork, 1861. Tuckey<U+2019>s Remembrancer. - Download size (PDF): 111 KB. Image no Vol_06-48.