What is recorded here

Ballydeloughy Castle belongs to the Roches, though only a four-metre wall remains on the low plain. The stone stretch stands beside a rising hill, preserving the slight batter at its base while the rest vanished into time. What is left is a narrow ribbon of red earth and memory, waiting for someone to imagine the rooms that once surrounded it.

On low-lying plain with low hill rising to SW. Stretch of wall running N-S (L 4.85m; H c. 4m; T c. 1.5m); slight base batter on W side at S end; no other features evident. Castle of the Roches (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 158). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Ballydeloughy Castle was built by the Roche family, a prominent Norman-Irish dynasty in medieval Ireland. The structure is remembered as part of the wider network of castles that reflected the family's influence in the region during the late medieval period.

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