Ballyvodock Castle

We take the road to Ballyvodock taking the turn for Ahanesk and cone to Ballyvodock Castle ruin, and nearby Ahanesk House, these townlands were part of the old Parish of Mogeesha, the Castle a 14th century ruin built by the Hodnett family to guard the entrance to the Great Island, which later fell under the control of the Barrys, it features a commanding position on a headland in Cork Harbour, with what remains near East Ferry