
What is recorded here
Conna Castle rose in 1554 under Thomas Ruadh Fitzgerald, becoming a staging post for Desmond rebellions and a battlefield where Cromwell’s men clashed with Royalists in 1650. Three girls died in a castle fire in 1653, while nearby Conna later bled through United Irishmen hangings, torture and banishment. The castle passed to the state in 1915, but the land still carries the heat of those losses.
Aghern Castle is recorded as a castle in County Cork. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Aghern Castle in County Cork was built in the early 17th century by the O'Donovan family, a prominent Gaelic-Irish clan. It is remembered as a historic family seat and an example of early Irish domestic architecture in the region.
Places near here
Country house in Aghern WestCountry house · 27 yd
Enclosure in Aghern EastEnclosure · 665 yd
Aghern CemeteryWood · 769 yd
St Bridgets WellHoly well · 1101 yd
Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 1617 yd
Castle (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 2.2 mi
Castlebrook forestWood · 2.4 mi
Coole WellVisitor information · 2.5 mi
Graveyard in Curraheen (kinnatalloon By.)Graveyard · 3.0 mi
Life Space ParkPicnic place · 3.0 mi
Graveyard in KillasseraghGraveyard · 3.7 miOther information
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