Shandon Castle, Cork

[2] Located outside the city's gates and defensive walls, the castle was a seat of the Cambro-Norman de Barry family for several centuries.

[3][4] From the late 16th century, Shandon Castle became an official residence of the President of Munster, and a "centre of English administration" in the area.

[3] In the early 17th century, during the Nine Years' War, a number of Gaelic Irish lords (and their supporters) were imprisoned there by then President George Carew.

[3] Used by the court of James II during his time in Ireland in 1688,[3] Shandon Castle was destroyed (along with much of the city) during the Siege of Cork in 1690.

[8] Abandoned thereafter, red sandstone from the castle ruin was later used in the construction of the nearby Church of St Anne (built 1722).