Carrigaphooca Castle

Carrigaphooca Castle was built as a defensive tower in the early 15th century by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, likely by Dermot Mór MacCarthy of Drishane Castle around the same time his brother Cormac Laidir MacCarthy was rebuilding Blarney Castle. The five-storey rectangular tower house of sandstone and limestone occupies a strategically significant location overlooking the River Sullane, approx...