Rincolisky Castle (in Ruins) — Report the wrong picture

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Rincolisky Castle is a ruined O'Driscoll tower house on the Roaringwater Bay shore, reputedly built in 1495. Its eastern wall still holds two doors set one above the other, the upper entrance framed by a pointed arch. The broken upper storey and missing stair corner leave the interior exposed to bay wind and rain, preserving a stark maritime shape rather than a complete domestic room.

Rectangular tower-house (9.1m N-S; 11.4m E-W) in elevated position on SE shore Roaringwater Bay; on N side neck of Cunnamore promontory. Now two storeys in height but stood at least one storey higher. Doors in E wall at ground and 1st floor levels (set one above the other); 1st floor door covered by pointed arch. Windows have square-headed lights with splayed and lintelled embrasures. Pointed wicker-centered vault over 1st floor (axis E-W). Mural stairs rise from S side of 1st floor doorway to SE corner where wall now broken. Castle of the O'Driscoll clan, reputedly built in 1495 (Coleman 1926, 47). See Excavations 2004, 70-71, no. 343. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Rincolisky Castle was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the McCarthy family, a prominent Gaelic Irish clan in the region. It is remembered as a strategic defensive structure in West Cork, reflecting the turbulent history of the area during the late medieval period.

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