Carrigaphooca Castle
Carrigaphooca Castle is a ruined five storey rectangular tower house situated on a steep-sided rock overlooking the River Sullane. Carrigaphooca 6 km west of Macroom, County Cork, Ireland, in an area once known as Gleann na n-Dearg.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carrigaphooca Stone Circle and Lissacresig Ringfort.
Carrigaphooca Stone Circle
Archaeological site
Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is a stone circle and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated 4.4 km west of Macroom, immediately east of Carrigaphooca Castle, north of the N22, and near the confluence of the River Sullane and River Foherish. Carrigaphooca Stone Circle is situated 260 metres northeast of Carrigaphooca Castle.
Lissacresig Ringfort
Archaeological site
Lissacresig is a ringfort and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland. Lissacresig Ringfort is situated 2½ km northwest of Carrigaphooca Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clondrohid and Kilnamartyra.
Clondrohid
Locality
Photo: Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clondrohid is a village and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, four miles north of Macroom. As of the 2022 census, the population of the village was recorded as 180, down slightly from 188 people as of the 2011 census.
Kilnamartyra
Village
Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilnamartyra, also Kilnamartery, is a village and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland. It is located around half-way between Killarney and Macroom. The parish is a kilometre from the L3402 local road which joins the N22 road, three kilometres away. Kilnamartyra is situated 4 km west of Carrigaphooca Castle.
Macroom
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Macroom is a market town in County Cork, southwest Ireland. It stands halfway between Cork and Killarney at a point where the fertile Lee valley gives way to rugged uplands, and the road starts its climb over to County Kerry.
Carrigaphooca Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: 14th century ruined castle in Cork, Ireland
- Categories: Tower House, castle, building, and historic site
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.90856° or 51° 54′ 31″ northLongitude
-9.02847° or 9° 1′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C3GWX5C+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 702629100OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q5046396
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Carrigaphooca Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Carrigaphooca”
- French: “Château de Carrigaphooca”
- German: “Carrigaphooca Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Carraig a‘ Phúca”
- Irish: “Caisleán Charraig an Phúca”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Каррігафука”
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