What is recorded here

Castle Ire stands on a sharp ridge in Listarkin, County Cork, dropping suddenly toward the Atlantic. Its battered walls and double-splayed windows survive from a time when residence and defence were one purpose. The view stretches across Myross headland, making the ruin feel less like ruin and more like a warning still being given.

Castle Ire is recorded as a castle in County Cork. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

Built by the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Kildare, in the 15th century, Castle Ire is remembered as a significant stronghold in southern Ireland and as the site of a major Confederate victory during the Irish Confederate Wars in 1647.