HEALY, James N. The Castles of County Cork. With 72 line drawings and 10 maps by the author.

Cork & Dublin: Mercier Press, 1988. Oblong quarto. pp. iv, 450. Red arlen, titled in gilt on spine. A very good copy in illustrated dust jacket. Scarce.

It is incredible to believe that at one time there were over 460 castles in the county of Cork. Some remain in splendour and some are still inhabited, and some have completely disappeared. The author has brought them to light, as he says in his Preface: People bring life to the now crumbling stones and the age in which they lived.

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