Castlepook or Castle Pook is a Norman style castle built in 1380 by the Synan family. The castle's ruin is a few miles north of Doneraile, in the foothills of the Ballyhoura Mountains in County Cork, Ireland. Castlepook is situated 3½ km east of Kilcolman Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buttevant and Doneraile.

Buttevant

Town

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Buttevant is a medieval market town in County Cork, Ireland. The town was incorporated by charter of Edward III in the 14th century. While there are reasons to suggest that the town may occupy the site of an earlier settlement of the Donegans, Carrig Donegan… Buttevant is situated 4½ km southwest of Kilcolman Castle.

Doneraile

Village

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Doneraile, historically Dunnerail, is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is on the R581 regional road 8 km east of the N20 road, which runs from Limerick to Cork. Doneraile is situated 4½ km southeast of Kilcolman Castle.

Churchtown

Village

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Churchtown is a village, townland and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. Churchtown, which had a village population of 684 as of the 2022 census, is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency. Churchtown is situated 8 km west of Kilcolman Castle.

Kilcolman Castle

Type: Castle
Description: castle in Ireland
Categories: tower house, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.25231° or 52° 15′ 8″ north

Longitude

-8.61462° or 8° 36′ 53″ west

Elevation

89 metres (292 feet)

Open location code

9C4H792P+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1250599354

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

GeoNames ID

2963466

Wikidata ID

Q73346224

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In Other Languages

“Kilcolman Castle” goes by many names.

French: “Château de Kilcolman”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kilcolman Castle”. Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.