Puxley Manor and Dunboy Castle (Beara Peninsula, county Cork, Ireland)

[ys_melmoth]

On the shores of a quiet little strait in Beara Peninsula, a 19th century manor and the ruins of a 15th castle stand face to face. A notice here tells the story of Dunboy Castle, besieged by English troops during Nine Years War but you find almost nothing about the manor and I had to search the web to find more informations about it. These are two

Comments

[msantimacassar]

What a stunning place and a fascinating story! Thanks so much for sharing! I will have to check out Daphne du Maurier's book now that I know the backstory. :)

[ys_melmoth]

You're welcome ! I also have to read this book, especially as I love Daphne du Maurier's novels :-)

[asweetdownfall]

Beautiful pictures! And oh my goodness, that manor is so gorgeous. *_____*

Thank you for sharing :))))

[ys_melmoth]

You're welcome :-)

[gilda_elise]

How sad about the original castle. Soon, there won't be anything there at all.

And I can well believe that the place might be cursed. It certainly looks it! So dark and forbidding. It looks like it could have been the inspiration for Shirley Jackson's, The Haunting of Hill House.

[ys_melmoth]

When I visited the place, the sky was a bit too blue to make me feel a really gothic atmosphere but you're right, I can very well imagine this story occuring in this kind of house :-)

[kizzikat]

Thanks for sharing!

[kimmykinz]

Gorgeous and haunting stories! Thanks for sharing!