Desmond Castle
Desmond Castle is a tower house located in the town of Kinsale in County Cork, Ireland.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: April—September 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: Castle in County Cork, Ireland
- Address: Cork Street, Kinsale
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Multose and Bastion.
Church of St Multose
Church
Photo: Jonjobaker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St Multose is a Church of Ireland church located in Kinsale in Ireland. It is a cruciform church with a crypt. The current structure dates from the 1190s up to major additions in the 1750s with further renovations into the twentieth century. Church of St Multose is situated 170 metres south of Desmond Castle.
Bastion
Restaurant
Bastion is a restaurant in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. It was awarded a Michelin star for 2020. Bastion is situated 190 metres south of Desmond Castle.
Kinsale Community School
School
Kinsale Community School is based in the town of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. It caters for around 1,550 students aged 12–18 with around 160 staff and the principal is currently Mr. Fergal McCarthy. Kinsale Community School is situated 490 metres southwest of Desmond Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinsale and Summer Cove.
Kinsale
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Kinsale is a small harbour in County Cork, Southwest Ireland. It's 25 km south of Cork city, at the mouth of the River Bandon, and in 2022 had a population of 6000.
Summer Cove
Locality
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Summer Cove is part of Kinsale town on the Kinsale harbour, on the south coast of Ireland; it faces westwards across the entrance of the harbour to the Castlepark peninsula.
Belgooly
Village
Photo: Neville Goodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belgooly (Irish: Béal Guala is a village in County Cork, Ireland, located 4.6 kilometres to the north-east of Kinsale. In 2022 it had a population of 823. Belgooly is situated 4½ km northeast of Desmond Castle.
Desmond Castle
- Categories: Tower House, castle, building, tourism, ruins, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.70733° or 51° 42′ 26″ northLongitude
-8.52485° or 8° 31′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3HPF4G+W3OpenStreetMap ID
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building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3752910
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Desmond Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Desmond gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Desmond Castle”
- German: “Caisleán Deasmhumhan”
- German: “Desmond Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Deasmhumhan”
- Irish: “Caisleán Iarla Dheasumhan, Cionn tSáile”
- Irish: “Caisleán Iarla Dheasumhan”
- Russian: “Десмонд”
- Russian: “Замок Десмонд”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Десмонд”
- Uzbek: “Desmond Kinseyl”
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