Carrigrohane Castle

Carrigrohane Castle is located in the village of Carrigrohane, barony of Barretts, County Cork, Ireland. Now a ruin, it is situated on a rock which overhangs the River Lee. It is said to have been constructed by the MacCarthys. The castle became dilapidated during the troubles of 1641. It was repaired thereafter and became the residence of the rapparee, Captain Cape, and his associated bandits, who waylaid travellers, and plundered the surrounding countryside. It contains dark apartments and vaulted dungeons, enclosed by massive walls. It consists of two piles differentiated by age, altitude, bulk, and architecture, the larger and older of which is oblong, three-storied, and roofless.

A cave at the base of the rock on which the ruin stands is believed by local residents to communicate with the Ovens caverns, 4 miles (6.4 km) away. A deep pool, called Hell's-Hole, overhung by limestone cliffs, and situated at a river bend above the castle site is imagined to be haunted by a monstrous biped, having a mane like a horse, and a body like an eel.