- Kilbrittain
Kilbrittain is a village and parish located in west
County Cork , Ireland, about convert|5|mi|km southwest ofBandon , and nearClonakilty andKinsale ."Howes strand" is a beach in Kilbrittain with the ruin of a
Coast Guard station that overlooks the beach, built in 1910 and burnt down in 1920.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 de Courceys and possibly extended in the 13th Century, Kilbrittain Castle is said to have been the principal seat of MacCarthy Reagh from the early 15th century. The Castle was extensively restored and enlarged by the Stawell family in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was partially burned in 1920 and restored in 1969 by inventor Russell Winn. Kilbrittain Castle is now the home of the Cahill-O'Brien family.
Coolmain Castle (A 2nd castle in Kilbrittain) is occupied by Roy Disney, a nephew of the famous
Walt Disney .Fact|date=June 2008port
Kilbrittain GAA club fields
Gaelic football andhurling teams. It is affiliated withCork GAA andCarbery GAA .References
[http://www.kilbrittain.net/ Kilbrittain website]
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