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Blackwater Castle, also and formerly known as Castle Widenham, is a privately owned estate located in the village of Castletownroche between the towns of Mallow and Fermoy in north County Cork, Ireland. Since 2005 it has been available to rent as a private hire venue for castle weddings and private parties along with castle rentals for vacations.
Fermoy (Irish: Mainistir Fhear Maí, meaning 'monastery of the men of the plain') [8] is a town on the River Blackwater in east County Cork, Ireland. As of the 2022 census , the town and environs had a population of approximately 6,700 people. [ 1 ]
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]
Castletownroche (Irish: Baile Chaisleáin an Róistigh) [2] is a townland, village, and civil parish in the barony of Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the N72 national secondary road . In ancient times, it was known in Irish as Dún Chruadha , meaning Cruadha's Fort.
The Carmelite friary was founded at Castlelyons c. 1307–09 by John de Barry, 4th Baron Barry, during the reign of Edward II as Lord of Ireland.He had been granted license by the king to alienate land for the Carmelites of Drogheda on 11 August 1309, but was without papal license until Pope John XXII granted one in 1324, and then the friary could be built.
Almost two hundred years later in 1837, Duke George Montagu built the current castle to serve as the residence of the Montagu family in Ireland. In the 1950s, the castle and estate were sold by Alexander Montagu to a business man from Tandragee by the name of Mr. Hutchison, and so the castle came to house the Tayto potato crisp factory and the ...