What is recorded here

No wall or tower remains, only a garden where the castle stood. The 1842 map still called it ruins, but later maps dropped the claim and used site of instead. The Roche family lost the manor in 1637, and the building likely followed them into forgetfulness. What is left is a shape of absence, a place that stopped being a castle before anyone watched it stop.

No visible surface trace of castle shown as 'in ruins' on 1842 OS 6-inch map but marked 'site of' on later editions. Site now occupied by garden. Probably Roche castle, they were seized of the manor of Cullen in 1637 (O Murchadha 1985, 285). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Cullen Castle was likely built by the Roche family, who held the manor of Cullen until 1637. It is remembered as a historic site associated with the Roche family's local prominence before their sequestration.

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