Castlemore

Castlemore, rendered in Irish as Caisleán Mór (great castle), is a 15th-century castle ruin located near Crookstown in the Barony of East Muskerry, County Cork. The castle was probably built soon after the MacCarthys obtained control of the Muskerry district in the mid-15th century and served as one of their chief seats in the region. By the late 16th century, it was held by the MacSweeneys on ...