Moycarkey Castle
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moycarkey-castle-164-7842608
title:
Moycarkey Castle
text:
Moycarkey Castle, in Moycarky townland, County Tipperary, is a tower-house located inside a large rectangular bawn with round flanking towers at the north-eastern and south-western corners. The entrance to the tower-house is protected by a double murder-hole. The castle was the central stronghold of the Cantwell family, underlords of the Butlers of Ormond, who had castles in other places as well, including one at Mellisson in the Slieve Ardagh barony in the townland of Sandfordscourt. An Edmund
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Tower-house castle in County Tipperary, Ireland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moycarkey_Castle
date created:
2012-09-26T10:43:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T22:45:07Z
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13
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