Dan O’Sullivan remembers cows being milked, and grain being stored, in the grounds of Carriganass Castle. His father even made baskets in one of the remaining corner bastions. That was before Dan’s brother, Joe, and his wife Anne, donated the castle to the community in the year 2000, so that it could be restored and […]
A Crucial Staging Post on the Beara-Breifne Way
May 30, 2012 by ·
The development of the Beara-Breifne Way as a major Irish walking route is an undertaking almost as dramatic as the historical event that inspired its creation. In 1602, the owner of Carriganass Castle, Donal Cam O’Sullivan, staged a retreat with his followers from the Battle of Kinsale. Their route brought them past Carriganass Castle, and […]
Carriganass and ‘The Flight of the Earls’
May 30, 2012 by ·
After defeat at the Battle of Kinsale (1601-2), Donal Cam‘s forces retreated to his castle at Dunboy, just west of Castletownbere, to fortify it against attack. Donal Cam himself was in the north of the country at the time, and was not present when the crown’s forces launched their attack on June 6th. Dunboy Castle […]
