Big Tim: Yes, that is the place. It is spelt different in every map, but the correct spelling when I went to school was "Granure" and that is how all the people who lived in the area knew it. Incidentally, "Ballynacarriga" was know as "Ballinacarriga." Again some folk outside the area even used the word "Bealnacarriga." All these different words as you know mean different things in Irish. Ballinacarriga castle itself is built on a rock overlooking the lake to the south and the river which runs out of it and flows to the west of the castle and which is a tributary of the Bandon river to the north of the castle. It thus had a good defensive position as the land to the south and north were almost impassible at the time. The west was a sheer cliff and the main entrance faces east. Back to boyhood days when I spent many happy hours exploring it as well fishing in the river. Incidentally the river which flows into and out of the lake is called the "Caol" which is the Irish for "narrow" but in this case the correct name is "Cale" which apparently is a pre-Celtic word for "river." Seriously ancient. Sadly the history of the place I grew up in was never really discussed at school and in a place awash with tradition that was sad. History lesson over for today.