The door and the window immediately above the door, as well as the rectangular opening on the same level as the door (in the staircase/garderobe block), are all modern insertions. The arrow loop on the second level of the tower block is an original…
Staircase/garderobe block of the tower house (on left). The additional building complex (with Parlor and Great Hall) would have stood in the center of this photo. It was attached to the east side of the castle. Remains of the south wall of the Great…
Spenser lives in Co. Cork. "From now until he leaves Ireland with Raleigh in 1589, Spenser is intimately involved with the complex business of the Munster plantation." (Maley, 43).