St. Raphael’s, Montenotte, Cork, 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. 253. “A large and imposing mid to late C19 Italianate block, of two storeys over high basement, 7 bay front; single-storey Corinthian portico with fluted columns; pediments and entablatures over windows; roof on bracket cornice. The home of the O’Shaughnessy family.”