Desmond Castle, Kinsale

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fortified house historic building museum tower house

Desmond Castle, Kinsale is a historic 16th-century fortified tower house in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, long associated with the Earls of Desmond and later used as a customs house and prison.

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Label	Occurrences
Desmond Castle, Kinsale canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fortified house ⓘ historic building ⓘ museum ⓘ tower house ⓘ
architecturalStyle	late medieval Irish tower house ⓘ
associatedWith	Earls of Desmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Castles in County Cork ⓘ National Monuments in County Cork ⓘ Tower houses in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
commissionedBy	Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentUse	museum of the Irish wine trade NERFINISHED ⓘ
exhibits	history of Irish wine trade ⓘ links between Ireland and continental wine regions ⓘ
hasFeature	barrel-vaulted ground floor ⓘ battlements ⓘ defensive loops ⓘ machicolations ⓘ mural stairs ⓘ small courtyard ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Monument of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Recorded Monument ⓘ
inception	1500s ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
locatedIn	County Cork NERFINISHED ⓘ Kinsale NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Munster NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Main Street, Kinsale NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Office of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	limestone ⓘ
near	Kinsale Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ St Multose’s Church, Kinsale NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	fire in 1747 that killed many French prisoners ⓘ used to hold French prisoners during 18th-century wars ⓘ
numberOfStoreys	3 ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
originalFunction	customs house ⓘ fortified residence ⓘ
ownedBy	Office of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	south coast of Ireland ⓘ
usedAs	French prison ⓘ almshouse ⓘ customs house ⓘ debtors’ prison ⓘ museum ⓘ prison ⓘ town gaol ⓘ workhouse ⓘ

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Desmond (historical region in Ireland) → associatedCastle → Desmond Castle, Kinsale ⓘ

subject surface form: Desmond