County Kerry houses A-Z (with pictures)

by jenjunebug

County Kerry houses A-Z 

Houses in bold are in Mark Bence-Jones

Aghadoe House, Killarney, County Kerry – youth hostel https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/11/22/aghadoe-house-killarney-county-kerry/

Aghadoe House, Killarney, County Kerry, between ca. 1865-1914, photograph courtesy of National Library of Ireland, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Collection.
Aghadoe House, Killarney, County Kerry courtesy National Library of Ireland.

Arabella House, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/11/01/arabella-house-arabella-ballymacelligott-co-kerry-v92n4f8/

Arabella House, Arabella, Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry, V92N4F8 courtesy National Inventory.
Arabella House, Arabella, Ballymacelligott, Co. Kerry, courtesy Sherry Fitz Stephenson Crean Oct 2024.

Ardfert Abbey, County Kerry   – Destroyed by IRA by fire in 1922. https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/11/24/ardfert-abbey-county-kerry-destroyed-by-ira-by-fire-in-1922-mbj/

Ardfert Abbey entrance front, photograph: c. 1870, collection: Col. Talbot Crosbie, 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.

Ardtully, Co Kerry  – burnt in 1921, ruin https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/11/22/ardtully-co-kerry-burnt-1921-a-ruin/

Ardtully, County Kerry, courtesy Archiseek.

Ballyard House, Ballyard, Tralee, Co. Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/11/03/ballyard-house-tralee-co-kerry/

Ballybroman House, Ballybroman, Tralee, Co Kerry 

Ballybunion Castle, Co Kerry – ruin 

Ballybunion Castle, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Ballybunion Castle, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Ballycarbury Castle, Co Kerry  – ruin 

Ballycarbery Castle, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Ballycrispin and Ballyraymeen, Castlemaine, Co Kerry  

Ballyheigue Castle, near Tralee, Co Kerry – ‘lost’  https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/16/ballyheigue-castle-co-kerry-ruin/

Ballyheigue Castle, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Ballymacaquim Castle, Co Kerry – ruin 

Ballymalis, Co Kerry – partly restored ruin 

Ballyseede Castle/ Ballyseedy, Tralee, county Kerry – section 482 https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2023/09/02/ballyseede-castle-ballyseede-tralee-co-kerry/

Ballyseede Castle, March 2023. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Barrow House, Barrow, County Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/15/barrow-house-barrow-west-ardfert-tralee-kerry-v92-y270-accommodation/

Beaufort House, County Kerry 

Bedford House, Listowel, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/13/bedford-house-listowel-co-kerry/

Bedford House, County Kerry, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Belmont House, Ballyard, Tralee, Co. Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/08/belmont-house-ballyard-tralee-co-kerry/

Belmont House, Ballyard, Tralee, Co. Kerry for sale March 2025 courtesy Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean.

Burnham House, near Dingle, Co Kerry (now Coláiste Íde)

https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/13/burnham-house-near-dingle-co-kerry/

Burnham House, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.
Burnham House, Co Kerry courtesy Archiseek.

Bushfield, Co Kerry (see Kilcoleman Abbey) 

Cahirnane House (or Cahernane?), Co Kerry – accommodation https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/15/cahernane-or-cahirnane-house-killarney-co-kerry-hotel/ 

Cahernane House, County Kerry, photograph from National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, which tells us it is a seven-bay two-storey over part-raised basement Ruskinesque Gothic Revival style country house with dormer attic, dated 1877, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier house. Designed by James Franklin Fuller.

Callinafercy House, Milltown, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/13/callinafercy-house-milltown-co-kerry/

Callinafercy House, Milltown, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Carrigafoyle (or Carrickafoyle) Castle, Co Kerry – ruin 

Castle Corr, Co Kerry 

Castle Lough (or Castlelough or McMarthy Mor Castle), Co Kerry 

Castlemorris House, Tralee, County Kerry

Castlemorris House, Tralee, County Kerry, photograph from National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Castlequin, Co Kerry 

Churchill House, Chapeltown, County Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/13/churchill-house-chapeltown-county-kerry/

Church hill House, County Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Churchtown House, Churchtown, County Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/16/churchtown-house-killarney-county-kerry-sleeps-12/

Churchtown House, Churchtown, County Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Collis Sandes House (see Oak Park), County Kerry 

Coolclogher House, Killarney, co Kerry – whole house rental accommodation https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/16/coolclogher-house-killarney-county-kerry-whole-house-rental-accommodation/ 

Coolclogher House, County Kerry, photograph from National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Crotto, Kilflynn, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/14/crotto-kilflynn-co-kerry-demolished/

Crotto, Kilflynn, Co Kerry courtesy Archiseek.

Derreen House,  Lauragh, County Kerry – garden section 482 https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2023/09/07/derreen-gardens-lauragh-tuosist-kenmare-co-kerry/

Derreen House, March 2023. It was designed by James Franklin Fuller, burnt in the early 1920s but rebuilt in the same style. It is not open to the public. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Derrynane House, Caherdaniel, Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/09/derrynane-house-caherdaniel-county-kerry-office-of-public-works/

Derrynane House, County Kerry, photograph by George Munday, 2014, for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.

Derryquin Castle, Co Kerry – ‘lost’ https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/09/derryquin-castle-sneem-co-kerry/ 

Derryquin Castle, Sneem, Co Kerry courtesy Archiseek

Drimina House, Sneem, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/09/drimina-house-sneem-co-kerry/

Dromore Castle, Kenmare, County Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/09/dromore-castle-kenmare-county-kerry/

Dromore Castle, County Kerry, courtesy abandonedworldphotography.com

Dromquinna Estate, Co Kerry – accommodation, hotel https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/09/dromquinna-county-kerry-accommodation/

Dromquinna, County Kerry courtesy Archiseek
Drumquinna Manor, County Kerry, photograph from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, which tells us that the house is an eleven-bay two-storey Jacobean Revival style country house with dormer attic, built c. 1890, designed by James Franklin Fuller.

Dunkerron Castle, County Kerry 

Dunloe Castle, County Kerry http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/19/dunloe-castle-county-kerry/

Glanleam, County Kerry, photograph from National Inventory.

Fahagh Court, Beaufort, Co Kerry – Killarney Country Club https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/09/29/fahagh-court-beaufort-co-kerry-now-killarney-country-club-and-accommodation/

Flesk Castle, Co Kerry (see Glenflesk Castle) 

Glanleam, Valentia Island, Co Kerry – accommodation https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/15/glanleam-valentia-island-co-kerry-accommodation/

Glenleam, or Glanleam, County Kerry, courtesy National Library of Ireland.

Glenbeigh Towers, Co Kerry – ‘lost’ https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/24/glenbeigh-towers-co-kerry-ruin/

Glenbeigh Towers, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Glenflesk Castle (also known as Flesk Castle), Killarney, Co Kerry – ‘lost’ https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/24/glenflesk-castle-also-known-as-flesk-castle-killarney-co-kerry/

Glenflesk Castle (also known as Flesk Castle), Killarney, Co Kerry courtesy National Trust.

Gunsborough, Lisselton, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/24/gunsborough-lisselton-co-kerry-gone/

Kenmare House, formerly Killarney House, Killarney, Co Kerry – Park Hotel  https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/15/killarney-house-originally-kenmare-house-county-kerry/

Kenmare House, Co. Kerry built 1726, courtesy Archiseek

Kilcoleman Abbey, Milltown, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/14/kilcoleman-abbey-milltown-co-kerry-demolished/

Kilcoleman Abbey, Milltown, Co. Kerry courtesy Archiseek.

Killaha Castle, Co Kerry – ruin 

Killarney House (see Kenmare House), Killarney, Co Kerry 

Kilmorna, Listowel, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/14/kilmorna-listowel-co-kerry/

Lakeview, Killarney, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/14/lakeview-killarney-co-kerry/

Lakeview, Killarney, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Lansdowne Lodge, Kenmare, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/14/lansdowne-lodge-kenmare-co-kerry/

Lansdowne Lodge, Kenmare, Co Kerry courtesy Mark Bence-Jones.

Listowel Castle, Co Kerry – open to public https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/09/listowel-castle-county-kerry-office-of-public-works/

Listowel Castle, County Kerry courtesy Brian T. McElherron, Irish Antiquities.

Lixnaw, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/14/lixnaw-co-kerry/

Minard Castle, Co Kerry – ruin 

Muckross House,  Killarney, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/15/muckross-house-or-muckruss-killarney-county-kerry-open-to-visitors/

Muckross House (or Muckruss), Killarney, County Kerry courtesy Archiseek.

Muxnaw Lodge, Kenmare, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/15/muxnaw-lodge-kenmare-co-kerry-accommodation/

Oak Park, or Collis-Sandes House Tralee, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/15/oak-park-or-collis-sandes-house-tralee-co-kerry/

Oak Park, or Collis-Sandes House Tralee, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Parkavonear Castle, Co Kerry – ruin 

Rahinnane Castle, Co Kerry – ruin 

Rattoo House, Lixnaw, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/15/rattoo-house-lixnaw-co-kerry/

Rattoo House, Lixnaw, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

The Reeks, Beaufort, County Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/15/the-reeks-beaufort-county-kerry/

The Reeks, County Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Ripley House, Caragh Lake, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/15/ripley-house-caragh-lake-co-kerry/

Ross Castle, Killarney, Co. Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/09/ross-castle-killarney-county-kerry-office-of-public-works/

Ross Castle, Killarney, County Kerry, August 2007.

Rossdohan, Sneem, County Kerry

Rossdohan, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Sallow Glen, Tarbert, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/15/sallow-glen-tarbert-co-kerry/

Sallow Glen, County Kerry, courtesy Mark Bence-Jones.

Sandford House, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/15/sandford-house-co-kerry-demolished/

Scart, Castlegrove, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/03/scart-castlegrove-co-kerry/

Sheen Falls, Kenmare, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/03/sheen-falls-kenmare-co-kerry-5-accommodation/

Tanavalla, Listowel, Co Kerry (or Garrantanvally House) – burnt 1920 https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/03/tanavalla-listowel-co-kerry-or-garrantanvally-house-burnt-1920/

Tarbert House, Tarbert, Kerry - section 482 house https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/15/tarbert-house-tarbert-co-kerry/

Tralee Castle, Co Kerry – see Ballyseede 

Villa Nuova, County Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/08/11/villa-nuova-county-kerry/

Waterville House, Waterville, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/03/waterville-house-waterville-co-kerry/

West Cove House, Castlecove, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/03/west-cove-house-castlecove-co-kerry/

Woodville, Gortalea, Co Kerry https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/03/woodville-gortalea-co-kerry/

Wynn Castle, Co Kerry 

Wynn’s Castle, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Wynn’s Castle, Glenbeigh, Co Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

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