Castlehyde
Irish: Carraig an Éidigh | |
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Townland | |
Coordinates: 52°08′28″N 8°18′50″W / 52.141°N 8.314°W | |
Country | Ireland |
County | County Cork |
Barony | Condons and Clangibbon |
Civil parish | Fermoy |
Area | |
• Total | 32 ha (79 acres) |
Castlehyde (Irish: Carraig an Éidigh)[1] is a townland and estate, slightly west of Fermoy in County Cork, Ireland. The estate's manor house, Castlehyde House, had been the ancestral home of Douglas Hyde's family[2] and is one of several houses owned by Irish dancer, Michael Flatley.[3]
The townland of Castlehyde, which is c. 32 hectares (79 acres) in area,[4] is in the civil parish of Fermoy and the historical barony of Condons and Clangibbon.[1] It is bordered by Castlehyde East (198 hectares (490 acres)), in which Castlehyde House is located, and Castlehyde West (17 hectares (42 acres)).[5][6]