Ballinguile Castle

Ballinguile Castle stands in the townland of Ballinguile (Baile an Ghaill in Irish) within Kilbroney civil parish, in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, County Cork, approximately 2¼ miles northeast of Buttevant. The castle originated as a Norman fortress constructed by the Stapleton family in the early 13th century, circa 1200–1250, soon after the reign of King John (1199–1216). This period mar...