Dromagh Castle

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Dromagh Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhromach) is a ruined tower house located near the village of Dromagh, County Cork, Ireland. Built in the late 16th century by Art Ó Caoimh, it served as the principal seat of the O'Keeffe clan, one of the prominent Gaelic families of north Cork. After the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, the property passed to the Leader family, who converted it into a country house in the 19th century. The castle was burned by the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence in 1921 and it currently sits in ruins, surrounded by farmland.

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