What remains of this tower house, once belonging to the Barry family, now exists in two separate sections that have been recently connected at ground level by a modern wall. The eastern wall rises to what would have been the second or third floor level, whilst the northwestern corner section stands even taller, reaching the third floor height. These fragments once formed part of a substantial tower measuring approximately 9 metres square.

The surviving architecture reveals fascinating details about the castle’s original design. Several double-splayed, lintelled window openings punctuate the walls; two at ground floor level in the east wall, with similar openings positioned centrally in the same wall at the first and second floors. Another window of the same style can be found in the north wall’s first floor level. Though much of the inner wall facing has been lost to time, evidence of the castle’s sophisticated construction remains visible, including the skew-backs on the inner eastern face that once supported a vault over the second floor, now completely collapsed.

The castle stands within what was formerly the walled garden of Ballyrobert House, long since demolished. An intriguing architectural quirk can be observed in the north wall; the two surviving portions don’t align properly, with the western section sitting about 0.8 metres forward of the eastern section, suggesting the wall once projected outward near its centre. Known locally as Ballyrobert Castle, this tower house represents the lasting mark of the Barry family on the Cork landscape, their influence and power now reduced to these weathered stone walls standing amid the everyday workings of a modern farm.