Kanturk Castle in Co. Cork is one of a series of castles built during the 17th century using architectural ideas drawn from Elizabethan England marking a change from the old-style tower houses to roomier, better-lit and more comfortable fortified houses. Kanturk Castle is unusual in that the historical records and local tradition indicate it was never completed. The builder, the Gaelic chieftain Dermot MacOwen MacDonagh MacCarthy, was ordered to discontinue construction of the castle by the Privy Council in London after complaints by his neighbours that he was building a fortress. Some accounts note that Dermot, in a fit of rage, then smashed building materials and had the building stripped.

Location: Kanturk Co.Cork

Photographer: Mark Callanan

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