Carrigaphooca Castle
County Cork, Ireland
Carrigaphooca Castle is a tower house in County Cork, Ireland. The nearest other castle is Macroom Castle, 2.9 mi away.
Carrigaphooca Castle at a glance
Type
Tower house
Nearest castle
Macroom Castle
2.9 mi away
Castles in County Cork
36
Ireland
Location
County Cork
Ireland
About Carrigaphooca Castle
Carrigaphooca Castle (Irish: Caisleán Charraig a' Phúca meaning "castle on the rock of the fairy"; the word púca translates as ghost or fairy) is a ruined five storey rectangular tower house situated on a steep-sided rock overlooking the River Sullane. Carrigaphooca 6 km west of Macroom, County Cork, Ireland, in an area once known as Gleann na n-Dearg ("valley of the reds").
From the Wikipedia article on Carrigaphooca Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carrigaphooca Castle sits at 51.9086, -9.0283 in County Cork. The closest other castles are Macroom Castle (2.9 mi), Carrignacurra Castle (5.3 mi) and Drishane Castle (12 mi). County Cork has 36 castles in all.
