This book is a comprehensive guide to castles, foritifed houses, bawns and town defences in the counties of Cork, Kerry and Waterford, which make up the southrn half of the province of Munster. An introduction describing the development of castellated buildings of stone in South Munster, dating from the early 13th century to the late 17th century is followed by three gazetteers describing the history and architecture of over 220 such buildings. The gazetteers are illustrated
