Kilcoe Castle

More than 500 years old, Kilcoe Castle in County Cork is currently the home of the British actor Jeremy Irons and his wife Sinead Cusack. It is a terracotta-coloured tower. Even though it is impossible to go inside Kilcoe Castle, which is situated on a small island, it is still a magnificent site to see.
Let's start by talking about the lime render's outside tint, which has been a contentious issue. I personally think it's great to see it in this render. Since the lime render on castles has long since vanished, leaving the recognisable bare stone walls that people have imagined was how they looked from the beginning. The only reason it has been critiqued is that people are not used to seeing castles as they originally stood. All castles, however, were rendered; otherwise, they would have been porous and would have leaked water both inside and out.
There is proof of numerous additions, such as animal fats, blood, and hair, flour, shell, sand, and stone fragments, all of which would have provided colour. The plasterer employed materials that would speed up drying time and increase cohesiveness in addition to his own recipe and what was readily available locally. Just type the words "castle Ireland" into Google and add the colours white, black, red, and green to see how many references to coloured castles there are. Or try searching for Irish terms like Castlederg, which stands for Caisleán Dearg, which means Red Castle. Even a Castleboy from Caisleán Bu, which translates to "yellow castle," lives in Meath. Thus, the selection of colour was not eccentric or arbitrary but rather solidly based on historical examples. Few examples from the fifteenth century have remained because render was necessary to keep the castle dry and will occasionally need to be restored because it ultimately washes away.
The McCarthy clan ruled the territory of West Cork from the thirteenth through the fifteenth centuries. The Clan of Dermot McCarthy constructed the original Kilcoe Castle in 1450.
Kilcoe Castle was built in an exceedingly wise place. The structure was built on a little island in Roaringwater Bay, where the water served as a natural barrier. The sea was too shallow on one side, on the mainland, for boats to utilise to approach the castle. Mannin Island, on the other hand, offered extra protection, making it risky for vessels to cross the bay.
The English were waging a significant campaign to seize control of Irish castles by the 16th century. In order to prevent the clans from using these castles to protect their territory, they were either turned into garrisons or wholly destroyed. The only fortress in West Cork that managed to resist the English invaders was Kilcoe fortress. The advancing army was unable to get close enough to the tower's thick walls to fire their guns at them.
Beginning in 1600, the English made a series of raids on foot following many abortive efforts. The first successfully stole cattle but failed to scale the castle walls. Kilcoe Castle finally surrendered to English soldiers in 1603.
After the McCarthy clan members were finally made to turn over the castle, it was inhabited for a few decades by different English people. The McCarthy family patriarch was compelled to observe this from his new residence on adjacent Mannin Island. But in the end, the castle was left to decay and was abandoned in 1640.
The 1978 construction of the castle's stone causeway to the mainland. The water would have served as a natural moat before that to keep invaders and other unwanted guests away from the fortified tower.
In order to turn the decaying tower into a private residence, actor Jeremy Irons purchased the Kilcoe Castle ruin in 1998.
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