Shandy Hall, Dripsey, 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. 257. “A plain two storey five bay Georgian house with an eaved roof. the home of Surgeon-Major Philip Cross, who was put on trial 1887, for poisoning his wife in order to marry his children’s governess. He was found guilty, and hanged early in the following year.”