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When I was at Eviction Cottage several weeks ago, I took a few pictures of an interesting edifice a few hundred yards away. I had heard it was a castle and hadn’t looked for it on the internet until now. I found it was called Castle Cuffe and was able to come up with the following:<\/p>\n

Sir Charles Coote built it\u00a0<\/span>on lands obtained from Tadgh oDunne about the year 1560.\u00a0<\/span>It was a mansion of considerable size, as the existing ruins I could see seemed to prove. The mortar that holds it together was thought to be tough because it was mixed with the blood of oxen, specially killed for the purpose.\u00a0<\/span>Seems around 1700, two small armies fought each other over it, with the victor leaving it destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sir Charles wife was Dorothea Cuffe from County Cork. That is why it is called Castlecuffe.<\/span><\/div>\n

I pass by ruins like this often out here in Ireland. Each with a story to tell, often centuries old, many of which have become lost with the passage of time….<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I was at Eviction Cottage several weeks ago, I took a few pictures of an interesting edifice a few hundred yards away. I had heard it was a castle and hadn’t looked for it on the internet until now. 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