Annaghlee, Cootehill, Co Cavan – gone 

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

“A distinguished mid C-18 red-brick house attributed to Richard Castle…. In 1814, the residence of Michael Murphy. Now almost completely destroyed.” 

Not in National inventory 

Paddy Rossmore. Photographs. Edited by Robert O’Byrne. The Lilliput Press, Dublin 7, 2019. 

“Since being photographed by Paddy, Annaghlee has disappeared despite being a charmging and entirely manageable-sized house. It is thought to have been built c. 1750, its design tentatively attributed by the Knight of Glin (in the Jan-March 1964 Bulletin of the Irish Georgian Society) to Richard Castle. Like a number of other houses from the same period in this part of the country, red brick was used for its construction…. Little seems to be known about its history...” 

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

p. 39. A very attractive and interesting small house with a good interior attributed to Richard Castle built c. 1750 for Robert Wills. Now almost completely ruined.