Kilbrittain
Kilbrittain is a village and townland in Cork. It lies about 8km southwest of Bandon and is near to both Clonakilty and Kinsale. The coastal route around the edge of the parish is the R600 road. The village itself is around 1.6 km inland from the coast. Kilbrittain Castle is the oldest inhabited castle in Ireland. The Castle is thought to date from 1035 where the original fortress may have been built by the O'Mahony clan. Known to have been in the hands of the Norman family of de Courcey and possibly extended in the 13th Century, Kilbrittain Castle was the principal seat of MacCarthy Reagh family, Princes of Carbery, from the early 15th century. The castle was extensively restored and enlarged by the Stawell family in the 18th and 19th cent...
