Carrigadrohid Castle, County Cork
Photo © Mike Searle, 17 June 2009
Carrigadrohid Castle, County Cork
Photo © Mike Searle, 17 June 2009
Carrigadrohid Castle, County Cork Photo © Mike Searle, 17 June 2009 |
Carrigadrohid Castle, County Cork Photo © Mike Searle, 17 June 2009 |
Carrigadrohid: (Carraig an Droichid- "'The rock of the bridge'") is a village in the Canovee Electoral Area of Mid-Cork, Ireland, situated on the north bank of the River Lee (Laoi). It is the commercial and sporting capital of the Canovee area, with educational and ecclesiastical facilities being located in the nearby village nucleus of Canovee (Ceann an Mhaighe- The head of the plain) to the south.
Carrigadrohid castle stands on a rock in the middle of the river Lee adjacent to the bridge which gives the village its name. It was erected in the fifteenth century by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, with an extension to the east and an annex to the north being added in subsequent centuries. It was besieged by Parliamentary forces following the Battle of Macroom, and Bishop MacEgan of Ross was hanged by the reigns of his own horse outside the castle having refused to implore the Irish garrison to surrender to the Cromwellian army. The MacCarthys were dispossessed and the castle ended up in the hands of the Bowen family. It has been in ruins since the late 1700s. In recent years, a local group has been formed with the aim of preserving the castle.
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