Carrigafoyle castle internals, Co.Kerry, Rep of Ireland

[Faing]

If this int in the right one please feel fee to do someting with it, tNXFaing

Right so, this is carrigafoyle castle on the n69 at Ballylongford in co.Kerry.
It is open to visitors in the summer between 9am and 7pm and is partly restored
to make it accessible to visitors.
Built by O'Connor Kerry is a magnific ent example of tower house of 15-16 centry
Was originally a island, rises to 5 storeys with vaults over the 2nd an 4th storys
a unusually wide staircase goes up in the corner an has small rooms as well as living
areas off of it the stone bawn wall at the foot contaned a boat dock and thetre
is a dovecote too.
it fell in 1580 whrn beseiged by sir william pelham on behalf of queen lizzie of england
If ye are ever around the area, get yersels around it cos no ammount of pics does
it justices.oh yeah amd it costs nothing to look round either.if you hang around neer closing time ythe keeper will answer any questons yo may have.

 

[Lhiannan Shee]

Lovely pictures.

I like the looks of that little cottage, did you go for a look around it?

 

[Faing]

Lovely pictures.

I like the looks of that little cottage, did you go for a look around it?

No, never botherd, theres hundreds of similar derelicts around here. I guess its a case of not even noticing them when you pass them all the day long.

 

[Deegee99]

I'll put this one on my list for places to do next time I'm over. As for derelict cottages in Ireland, well if you stopped at every one you saw you'd never get anywhere. They are all over the country in various stages of neglect. Faing is right, if you live there you really just don't notice them at all. My friend who lives in County Tipperary has a complete derelict farm next to her cottage, she has never been to look at it as she has absolutley no desire to, however she loves a derelict castle

 

[Faing]

At the side of my land we used to have a derelict thatched cottage and next to that a lime kiln, both demolished recently as we need tha land for grazing. Ruins like these are considred of no vlaue.some are merely kept in th e family "in case Paddy ever comes home" I never new until i started lookin on places like here hat lime kilns were considered to be of intrest to anyone. Our old house had a 12th century castle in the grounds, it still stands but has been roobbed of stone over the years to make drains and walls, until recently history never was of any use to a farmer.ruinsabound in he west of Ireland, as anyone of you would find on a visit.heres a link to "our" castle.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...=en&rlz=1T4ADFA_enIE376IE377&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1

 

[godzilla73]

Tis a magnificent place no doubt. My granny was an O'Connor who lived just up the road in Glin. She was always pulling my leg that it had belonged to her family before the English took it off her!

 

[Foxylady]

That's a lovely place and pics, Faing.
I was interested to see the history about 'your' castle, as my son's paternal Grandma was a Fitzmaurice.

 

[morlo]

Love the door in picture no. 8
Really gives you a feel of the place.
Great explore!

 

[Labb]

Very nice shots. Good photographical quality as well. Keep up the good work.