Hi Brian-
Don't know of any except I'd suspect the guy who owns the cows in the
pasture in the Google satellite views might have something to say about it!
-Kevin
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Brian via <callahan(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
My Cornelius Callahan (c. 1796-?) had his first two or more children
baptised in Clonmeen so I claim first dibs. Anyone got a better claim?
Brian Porter
On 8/7/2014 5:13 PM, Bob via wrote:
> I m on the way to reclaim them , who's with me!??!????!!!!!!πππΆπΆπΎπΎ
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 7, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Kevin Callahan via <callahan(a)rootsweb.com>
wrote:
>>
>> Hello-
>> FYI. One of the three Callahan Castles in Ireland was at Clonmeen just
>> south of the Blackwater River in County Cork, Ireland.
>> It was built around 1590-1610 and was destroyed by war c. 1641. The
>> cannonballs which battered the walls have been found there. The outside
>> walls were approximately square in shape and were each about 250 feet
long
>> and three feet thick. At the four corners were circular 2 or 3 story
towers
>> with gun "loops" (V-shaped openings) to shoot out from. Inside the
walls
>> there was a castle "keep" which has completely disappeared. That
limestone
>> was later used to make a lime kiln.
>> I just located the castle ruins using Google maps to search the area
near
>> the village of Clonmeen North, south of the River Blackwater. If you
want
>> to see a great aerial view of the remains of the castle, type in or copy
>> and paste these coordinates into Google Maps 52.138562, -8.864036 The
>> coordinates are for a road intersection. Just a little up and to the
right
>> you will see a big square with circular tower remains for 2 of the 4
towers
>> (There are partial remains of a third tower but that's not really
visible).
>> There are also some black and white cows in the field just to the right.
>> There are several street views of the castle ruins from the road.
>> -Kevin L. Callahan
>> Minnesota
>>
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