Little Island House, Little Island, Co Cork  

Bence-Jones, Mark. 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.

p. 189. “(Bury/IFR) A Palladian house built for the Bury family, stylistically of ca 1780 and from its plan, probably a late work by Davis Duckart…. Now a ruin, having stood empty and derelict for many years.” 

Not in national inventory 

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.

“A large late 18C house sometimes attributed to Davis Duckart because of the similarity of its plan to that of Kilshannig. Seven bay, three storey centre block with Doric pedimented doorcase, flanked by two storey pavilions linked to the entrance front by quadrant walls. Built for the Bury family. Now a ruin.”