School: Cill Bheoláin (B.), Áth an Mhuilinn, Ráth Luirc
- Location:
- Kilbolane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Séaghdha
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- Castles: The ruins of a fine Anglo-Norman Castle stand on top of Kilbolane hill, about 5 hundred yards from the village of Milford (Ráth Luirc). They are in the Townland of Kilbolane, parish of Milford, Barony of Orrery & Kilmore, Co. Cork. The castle was formerly a seat of the Earls of Desmond who got the castle & estate from the De Cogans who erected the former soon after Strongbow's coming to Ireland. The castle was partially destroyed by Strongbow's soldiers but the ruin is fairly well preserved. The castle was rectangular & had a circular tower @ each angle. Some years after it was destroyed an attractive mansion which overlooks Milford was built & later occupied by the Power's, Bowen's, Barry's & Hannigan's. A member of the latter owns the Castle, mansion & lands now.
It is said that soldier's escaped through an underground passage to the Teampaillin. (Please see next page.) Please see "Hidden Treasure" for the Barry's of Kilbolane. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Mr Matthew Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milford, Co. Cork