What is recorded here

Castle (Site of), Dunisky stands on a rock outcrop in County Cork, surrounded by tillage but stripped of visible walls. Gillman believed the MacCarthys built it between 1465 and 1500 for their gallowglass, the MacSweenys, though only a small portion remained when he wrote. The land has swallowed the stone, leaving behind a rectangular ghost on an old map and a challenge for anyone who wants to picture the men who once lived there.

On top of a area of rock outcrop, surrounded by tillage; no visible surface trace of castle shown as rectangular structure on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Gillman (1892b, 220) described the 'small portion of the castle' surviving in his day as 'probably of the fashion of Carrignamuck' (CO072-019----) (ibid.); he argues that it was built between 1465 and 1500 by the MacCarthys but occupied by their gallowglass, the MacSweenys. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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