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Dunmanway Castle
Dunmanway Castle (Irish: Dún Mánmhaí) was a late 15th century tower house that once stood on the north bank of the Sally (Saileach) River in the town of Dunmanway. It was the chief residence of the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim, before being forfeited in the late-17th century and granted to Cromwellian Lt-Colonel William Arnopp. Some speculation exists around the demolition of the building after it was sold to the Cox family in 1692, with some sources suggesting the stone was used for the erection of a nearby flour-mill.
The Annals of the Four Masters record that the tower house of "Dun-na-m-beann" was built by Catherine Fitzgerald, daughter of the 7th Earl of Desmond and wife of Finghin MacCarthy Reagh: "Catherine, daughter of the Earl of Desmond... It was by her that Beann-dubh and Dun-na-m-beann were erected." It is claimed to be the first tower house built in this part of Carbery.
From the mid-13th century, the surrounding district of Dunmanway was a stronghold of the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim, who were cousins to the MacCarthy Reaghs of Carbery—itself a branch of the MacCarthy Mór dynasty. No evidence appears to exist as to when this clan took possession of the tower house. However, it may have passed from the Reaghs to the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim after Catherine's death in 1506 with the view to reinforce the clan's hold within the area.
In 1584, the Fiant of Eliz., No. 4416 authorised a pardon to clan chieftain Tadhg-an-Fhorsa I referenced as "Teig M'Dermod M'Cormoek M'Cartie, alias Teighe O'Norso, of Downeboy [Dunmanway], gent," for his involvement in the Desmond Rebellions, and thus the retention of holdings of land and goods. While no mention is given to the clan possessions or the castle at Dunmanway, a subsequent Fiant of Eliz., No. 5520, 1590 outlines a detailed reference to both, when Tadhg-an-Fhorsa I surrendered the Sept lands to Queen Elizabeth I to be then regranted the entire territory as his personal estate under the system of "surrender and regrant":
Grant to Thady M'Dermot Carthie of Donemayneway... the castle and lands of Donemayneway, county Cork, one quarter of land called the quarter of Kilwarrye, and one quarter of land respectively in each of the following: Dromlynie, Inchie, Drowmdrastell, Quynrahe...[etc.]. To hold in tail male, by service of twentieth part of a knight's fee. Maintaining ten footmen when required for the queen's service.
The tower house was purportedly seized by the 4th Earl of Thomond in 1602, under the direction of the Lord President of Munster, George Carew, as a consequence of Tadhg-an-Fhorsa's participation in the Nine Years' War in Munster:
...if Teg Onorsie's castles and Randel Duffes' (O'Hurley) shall in your opinion be meet for the service, doe you take them into your hands, and leave wards in them; but let not your intent bee discovered until you be possessed of them.
In June 1615, Tadhg-an-Fhorsa I went a second time through the process of surrender and regrant of his estate to James I, and duly declared by will his disposal of them. On his death in 1618, Togher Castle passed to his younger son Dermod, with Dunmanway Castle going to his elder son and successor, Tadhg-an-Duna I ("of the fortress").
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Dunmanway Castle
Dunmanway Castle (Irish: Dún Mánmhaí) was a late 15th century tower house that once stood on the north bank of the Sally (Saileach) River in the town of Dunmanway. It was the chief residence of the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim, before being forfeited in the late-17th century and granted to Cromwellian Lt-Colonel William Arnopp. Some speculation exists around the demolition of the building after it was sold to the Cox family in 1692, with some sources suggesting the stone was used for the erection of a nearby flour-mill.
The Annals of the Four Masters record that the tower house of "Dun-na-m-beann" was built by Catherine Fitzgerald, daughter of the 7th Earl of Desmond and wife of Finghin MacCarthy Reagh: "Catherine, daughter of the Earl of Desmond... It was by her that Beann-dubh and Dun-na-m-beann were erected." It is claimed to be the first tower house built in this part of Carbery.
From the mid-13th century, the surrounding district of Dunmanway was a stronghold of the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim, who were cousins to the MacCarthy Reaghs of Carbery—itself a branch of the MacCarthy Mór dynasty. No evidence appears to exist as to when this clan took possession of the tower house. However, it may have passed from the Reaghs to the MacCarthys of Gleannacroim after Catherine's death in 1506 with the view to reinforce the clan's hold within the area.
In 1584, the Fiant of Eliz., No. 4416 authorised a pardon to clan chieftain Tadhg-an-Fhorsa I referenced as "Teig M'Dermod M'Cormoek M'Cartie, alias Teighe O'Norso, of Downeboy [Dunmanway], gent," for his involvement in the Desmond Rebellions, and thus the retention of holdings of land and goods. While no mention is given to the clan possessions or the castle at Dunmanway, a subsequent Fiant of Eliz., No. 5520, 1590 outlines a detailed reference to both, when Tadhg-an-Fhorsa I surrendered the Sept lands to Queen Elizabeth I to be then regranted the entire territory as his personal estate under the system of "surrender and regrant":
Grant to Thady M'Dermot Carthie of Donemayneway... the castle and lands of Donemayneway, county Cork, one quarter of land called the quarter of Kilwarrye, and one quarter of land respectively in each of the following: Dromlynie, Inchie, Drowmdrastell, Quynrahe...[etc.]. To hold in tail male, by service of twentieth part of a knight's fee. Maintaining ten footmen when required for the queen's service.
The tower house was purportedly seized by the 4th Earl of Thomond in 1602, under the direction of the Lord President of Munster, George Carew, as a consequence of Tadhg-an-Fhorsa's participation in the Nine Years' War in Munster:
...if Teg Onorsie's castles and Randel Duffes' (O'Hurley) shall in your opinion be meet for the service, doe you take them into your hands, and leave wards in them; but let not your intent bee discovered until you be possessed of them.
In June 1615, Tadhg-an-Fhorsa I went a second time through the process of surrender and regrant of his estate to James I, and duly declared by will his disposal of them. On his death in 1618, Togher Castle passed to his younger son Dermod, with Dunmanway Castle going to his elder son and successor, Tadhg-an-Duna I ("of the fortress").