Cabra Castle

Cabra Castle is the name given to two castles, one now ruined, the other now used as an impressive luxury hotel. They are near the hamlet of Cabra, which is very near Kingscourt in south-east County Cavan, Ireland. The current Cabra Castle) was constructed in a mixture of the 'neo-Norman-style' and the 'Gothick-style' in the first decade of the nineteenth-century. Much of the exterior is in a form of what might be described as the 'neo-Norman-style', while the interior is mainly. This structure was originally called Cormey Castle, after the local townland where it was built. It was constructed for the Foster family, a local 'Ascendancy' family. However, the cost of building the new country house effectively bankrupted the Foster family. So, in 1813, shortly after the new Cormey Castle had been completed, the Foster's sold their new country house to their much wealthier neighbors, the Pratt dynasty, who were another local 'Ascendancy' family.