• ...includes access to MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory’s award winning science centre, a tour of the 16th century castle, and a live astronomy show.
  • ^ "Blackrock Castle, Cork, Illuminated" (PDF). Cork City Library "Past & Present" Project. Illustrated London News.
  • ...now the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) Blackrock Castle Observatory the Space for Science – dates back to the 16th century and is one of the most unique of...
  • Things to do near Blackrock Castle Observatory: Things to do in County Cork, Ireland - Omniplex, Cork Mahon Point - YourDaysOut.
  • Established as a stronghold in 1582, Blackrock Castle was later the seat of Cork’s maritime courts.
  • Blackrock Castle was used by Cork Corporation for civic functions during the nineteenth century.
  • Occupation of Blackrock Castle. Although occupied intermittently over the following centuries, it was damaged and burned twice during the 1690 Siege of Cork.
  • 1601- Blackrock Castle is replaced with a full castle. 1608- James I visits the City of Cork and gives Blackrock Castle to the City of Cork.
  • By the 1720s, the Council Book of Cork owned Blackrock Castle and used the castle for banquets and fancy gatherings. In 1722, the old four story tower caught fire.