CASTLE CURIOUS SHANBALLYMORE, CO. CORK
By Damian Murphy The Mallow-born John ‘Johnny’ Roche (c. 1804–84) is remembered as a ‘character of Cork’ not only for his devil-may-care attitude to life but also on the strength of the eccentric architectural legacy that he left in his wake. The young Roche displayed an aptitude for carpentry, ironmongery and stonemasonry on the family … Read more