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Castlemartyr

Estate(s)
Townland Castlemartyr
Civil Parish Ballyoughtera
PLU Middleton
DED Castlemartyr 260
County Cork
Barony Imokilly
Description Seat of the Earls of Shannon in the 18th and 19th centuries, built in the early 18th century by the 1st Earl of Shannon and enlarged by his son the 2nd Earl in the 1760s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation it was valued at £150. Sold to the Arnott family in the early 20th century, it later became a Carmelite college and now functions as a hotel.
Castlemartyr (www.buildingsofireland.ie)

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