Tarmon Castle (in ruins) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

No stone or scar remains at Tarmon East, yet the third Lord Tarbert stood there around 1550, and his fathers likely did before him. The O'Connor Kerry clan kept Carrigafoyle as their greatest seat but gave Dermot, second son of John, this smaller chamber under the new name Tarbert. Forgetting is not the same as losing; the field has simply stopped repeating what the men lived.

Tarmon Castle (site of). This castle belonged to the O'Connor Kerry clan, who had their chief residence at Carrigafoyle [KE002-045----], but erected two smaller castles at Asdee [KE002-063----] and Tarmons. John O'Connor established the Lordship of Tarbert for his second son, Dermot, and it is recorded that the 3rd Lord Tarbert lived here around 1550, so it is quite likely that the 1st and 2nd Lord Tarbert also resided here. No surface trace of the castle remains today. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 993. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

Tarmon Castle was built by the O'Connor Kerry clan in the late medieval period, likely between the 15th and 16th centuries, as a strategic outpost to control local territory. It is remembered as part of the broader defensive and political network of the O'Connor Kerry lords in the region.

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