Young Ladies Bedroom – Priests Room

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June

The spiral staircase of the older tower leads up to the ‘Young Ladies’ Bedroom’, with the ‘Priest’s Room’ above it – the floor between them has gone. We do know that the three young daughters of the 14th Lord of Muskerry, Cormac McTeige MacCarthy, were brought up here. Their good behaviour would be assured if the traditional definition of the room above is correct. The lack of any gun loops, the space in its west window, perhaps for a small altar, and the shape of the window, suggest its more holy status. This room may even have served as a small chapel.