What is recorded here

Mud and stone in West Cork, an irregular six-pointed star built around the ruined tower of Dunboy Castle about 1650-56. The old walls were cut to ten or eleven feet, roofed again, and joined to a new annex, turning a broken castle into a weaponised house. Its eastern entrance is gone now, but the thick bank still stands where Fahy’s excavation revealed it, keeping the shape of a place that refused to stop being useful.

Built on ruins of Dunboy Castle (CO128-001002-) about 1650-56 (Gowen 1978, 1-49). Irregular star in plan, covering an area 32m x 35m. Six salient angles; entrance to E completely destroyed; bank roughly 5m thick. Walls of earlier tower trimmed to height 10-11 feet, re-roofed and internal partition wall built; annex built abutting W wall of tower. Site now as revealed by Fahy's excavation. 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

A bastioned fort in Dunboy, likely early-medieval in origin, was later modified in the mid-17th century. It is associated with local folklore surrounding the nearby ruins of Dunboy Castle, traditionally linked to the Desmond Rebellions and Irish resistance against English rule.

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