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117:(Mac Carthy) in Cork and Kerry, and Carrignacurra was included in this acquisition. According to Landed Estates (A database of landed estates and historic houses at the University of Galway), sources suggest that the Masters family purchased property from the Hollow Sword Blade Company in the 1720s. Masters Esq was listed as the occupier of Carronacurragh or Carrignacurra in the 1770s and 1780s. Pyne family records suggest that the building passed to the Pyne family when Mary Masters inherited it and married Arthur Pyne. Jasper Pyne (Nephew of Sir Richard Pyne, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland) is recorded as the occupier of the castle at the time of
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included a bone bead and bone dice, musket and pistol balls, small lead ingots, clay pipes and an exchequer piece or 'jeton' made in
Nuremberg by Hans Krauwinkel c.1640. Two silver coins, — one known as a groat featuring Henry III, dated to 1270, and the other featuring Edward IV, dating from the 1470s were found, fuelling speculation that a castle may have stood on this site much earlier than expected.
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The castle was listed for sale in 2016, and featured in
Country Life Magazine. It is currently undergoing restoration by the current owners. Stonework has been repaired around the gun loops, windows, and door surrounds. The lower stone corners had previously been vandalised in an attempt to remove
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Excavation of a 3m-wide strip around the base of the Tower House began in
September 2020, with four trenches excavated along the four sides of the building as well as the internal ground floor. A small collection of animal bones was found in the north-west corner beneath the bartizan. Other finds
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Inchigeelagh by the O'Leary clan, located at Carrignacurra, Carrignaneela and Dromcarra, but the
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an intermural passageway within the north wall which leads to the bartizan, where there are five gun-loops in the walls and two openings in the floor. The spiral staircase further provides access to the upper floors and battlement access.
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have been removed. In form, it is more rectangular than square in plan, with the long side of 11.5m (38 feet) and short side 7.6m (25 feet). The southeast corner has a pointed triangular stone projection built from the ground known as a
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