Brief History Kinbane Castle can be found on the North Antrim Coast, near the town of Ballycastle in Northern Ireland. The name Kinbane comes from the Irish for “White Head” and refers to the white limestone on which the castle stands.

The castle was built in 1547 by Colla MacDonnell, the younger brother of the notorious constable of Dunluce, Sorley Boy MacDonnell, during the height of the MacDonnell supremacy along the coast. In 1551, Kinbane Castle was sieged and damaged by English troops under the Lord Deputy, Sir James Crofts, in the course of an expedition against the MacDonnell’s.

In 1555, the castle was partly destroyed by the English due to cannon fire. There is a large sea cave in the rock underneath the castle named ‘Hollow of the English’ where. During the 1500s, a group of English soldiers laying siege to the castle were trapped and massacred.

The castle was rebuilt, and it is said that Kinbane Castle was inhabited up until the 1700s.

Creating this image It was quite cold and windy in Ireland when this image was created, early Spring of 2020. These conditions brought with it a lovely moody scene, which I was able to capture with a slow shutter speed. The breaking waves provide an eerie ghost like misty atmosphere and the cloud movement and shape leads the viewer to the castle on the hill, haloed by the rising sun in the distance.

Artist: Michael McCafferty

Collection: Irish Seascapes

Edition: 1/1

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6857 x 4573 pixels at 300 dpi.

F/11, ISO-100, 2.5 sec. Exposure & 18mm Focal Length.