| O'Dea Castle | |
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 O'Dea Castle | |
| Location | 3 miles (5 km) south of Corofin, County Clare, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52°54′41″N 9°3′59″W / 52.91139°N 9.06639°W |
| Built | 1470–90 |
  Location of O'Dea Castle in Ireland | |
O'Dea Castle, also known as Dysert O'Dea Castle, is an Irish fortified tower house, loosely described as a castle[1] at Dysert O'Dea (Irish: Dísert, meaning 'hermitage'), the former O'Dea clan stronghold, 5 kilometres (3 mi) from Corofin, County Clare.[2] It was built between 1470 and 1490 by Diarmaid O'Dea, Lord of Cineal Fearmaic, and stands some 50 feet (15 m) high on a limestone outcrop base measuring 20 by 40 feet (6 by 12 m).[3] The tower is adjacent to Dysert O'Dea Monastery, close to the R476 road.
- ^ Ua Croinin and Breen comment in The Other Clare, 1985: "The castle itself is more correctly designated a tower-house as it falls easily in the category of such fortified houses built in great numbers throughout the southern part of Ireland between 1400 and 1600." (Detailed reference below.)
- ^ Caisleán Uí Dheá Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ Dysart O'Dea Castle, Co. Clare by Risteard Ua Croinin and Martin Breen, The Other Clare, Volume 9, page 17. Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society, April 1985.