Castle Ire

Castle Ire is a fragmentary ruin located approximately one mile east of Castle-Townsend in Myross parish, East Division of West Carbery barony, County Cork. The ruins occupy a bold and commanding eminence overlooking the peninsula between Castlehaven and Glandore harbour. The Irish name Caisleán Íre derives from caisleán (castle), ultimately from Latin castellum, combined with Íre (Ireland), a ...