
What is recorded here
Kilmurry Castle stands north of Cordal village in County Kerry, joining a sixteenth-century tower house with a seventeenth-century fortified addition. It is reputed to have given Ballincuslane its name, because Baile an Chaisleáin means townland of the castle. That much is clear; the rest belongs to people, memory and the castle itself.
Kilmurry Castle is recorded as a castle in County Kerry. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Kilmurry Castle was built in the 15th or 16th century by the O'Donovan family, a prominent Gaelic Irish clan in County Kerry. It is remembered as a historic family seat and an example of early Irish tower house architecture.
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Kilmurry Church (in ruins)Church · 646 yd
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Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0