DAY 12: Coolcower to Clonakilty

Leaving Coolclower Guest House, Coolclowr, Cork.

I stumbled across Carrigadrohid Castle after taking a wrong turn.

Carrigadrohid means 'the Rock of the Bridge'.

Carrigadrohid castle stands on a rock in the middle of the river Lee adjacent to the bridge which gives the village its name. It was erected in the 15th century by the MacCarthys of Muskerry, with an extension to the east and an annex to the north being added in subsequent centuries.

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The MacCarthys were dispossessed and the castle ended up in the hands of the Bowen family. It has been in ruins since the late 18th century. In recent years, a local group has been formed with the aim of preserving the castle.

Near the village of Toames. 

A single standing stone.

This is the best shot I could get of the Knockaneirk stone circle.

The bridge at Dromanallig.

Downtown Dromanallig, Cork.

The sign on the stone wall of the bridge says 'River Lee'.

The River Lee.

The River Lee at Inchinossig, Cork.

The tallest (at 3 metres) stone of the three Farrannahineeny stones can just be seen at the top of the hill.

A little more clearly.

Barryshall stone pair, Cork.

A different set of stones in the same field, Barryshall, Cork.

You can see both groupings in relationship the one another.

I've tried to see all these megalithic sites in Cork, and there's still more as I drive south.

I decided to stop in Clonakilty.

Downtown Clonakilty.

Uptown Clonakilty looks much the same.