Mount Patrick, (formerly Tower Hill), Glanmire, 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. 216. “(Dring/IFR) A C19 house of one storey over a high basement, with an eaved roof. In the grounds is a tall castellated tower built 1843-5 by William O’Connell to the design of George Richard Pain in honour of Fr Theobald Mathew, the “Apostle of Temperance,” whose statue stands in front of it.”