What is recorded here

Ballycahill Castle vanished before it was ever drawn, leaving behind only a name and a hidden field. In 1586 Peyton wrote Ballykahell Castle in Greankoeragh, but no marker remains to show whether it was a hall, a tower or a mistake. The absence makes the castle larger: rooms without walls, stairs without numbers, a whole life reduced to one line in a book.

The precise location of Ballycahill Castle has not been identified. Westropp (1906-7, 185) recorded the following details about Ballycahill; 'Not marked. Ballykahell C[astle]. in Greankoeragh, 1586 (Peyton, p. 80)'. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 01 August 2019

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