A Guide to Irish Country Houses by Mark Bence-Jones contents and pictures, houses beginning with B

by jenjunebug

Note that the majority of these are private houses, not open to the public. I discovered “my bible” of big houses by Mark Bence-Jones only after I began this project of visiting historic houses that have days that they are open to the public (Section 482 properties).

This is a project I have been working on for a while, collecting pictures of houses. Enjoy! Feel free to contact me to send me better photographs if you have them! I’ll be adding letters as I go…

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Bagenalstown House, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow

Bagenalstown House, County Carlow, between 1880-1900, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Bailieborough Castle (also known as Lisgar House or The Castle), Co Cavan  – demolished 

Bailieborough Castle (also known as Lisgar House or The Castle), Co Cavan, courtesy Archiseek

Balheary House, Swords, Co Dublin  – demolished 2005 

Ballaghtobin, Callan, Co Kilkenny 

Ballea Castle, County Cork 

Ballea Castle, County Cork, photograph courtesy of https://balleacastle.com

This is great, I am finding new places to stay! See their website https://balleacastle.com

Ballibay House (or Ballybay), Ballibay, Co Monaghan – demolished 

Ballibay, County Monaghan, courtesy Archiseek.

Ballin Temple (or Ballintemple), Tullow, Co Carlow – demolished 

Ballintemple, County Carlow, photograph courtesy of Ballin Temple website https://www.ballintemple.com/archive/history/archive.html

Ballina Park, Ashford, Co Wicklow 

Ballinaboola House, Co Wexford

Ballinaboy, Clifden, Co Galway 

Ballinacarriga (or Ballynacarriga), Kilworth, Co Cork 

Ballinacarriga (or Ballynacarriga), Kilworth, Co Cork photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Ballinaclea (or Ballinclea), Killiney, Co Dublin – demolished 

Ballinaclough House, Nenagh, Co Tipperary 

Ballinacor House, Rathdrum, County Wicklow 

Ballinafad (or Ballinafed), Balla, Co Mayo 

Ballinafad, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory. Photography by James Fraher.

They offer accommodation, see their website: http://www.ballinafadhouse.com

Ballinahina, White’s Cross, Co Cork 

Ballinahown Court (or Ballynahown, Bence Jones), Count Westmeath

Ballinahy, Co Tipperary (see Anner Castle) 

Ballinakill House, Waterford, Co. Waterford 

Ballinalacken, County Clare (see Ballynalacken)

Ballinaminton, Clara, Co Offaly 

Ballinamona, Cashel, Co Tipperary 

Ballinamona Park, Waterford 

Ballinamore House, Kiltimagh, Co Mayo 

Ballinamore, County Mayo, Photography by James Fraher, National Inventory.

Ballinclea, Killiney, County Dublin

Ballinderry Park, Ballinderry Park, Kilconnell, Ballinasloe, Galway

Ballinderry, County Galway, photograph courtesy of Historic Houses of Ireland.

Ballinderry, Carbury, Co Kildare 

Ballindoon House (formerly Kingsborough), Derry, Co Sligo

Ballindoon, County Sligo, photograph courtesy Wilsons Auctioneers.

Ballingarrane (formerly known as Summerville), Clonmel, Co. Tipperary 

Ballingarry, Co. Limerick: The Turret, see The Turret 

Ballinkeele, Ballymurn, Enniscorthy, Wexford  – whole house rental 

Ballinkeele House, County Wexford, photograph courtesy of website.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/11/15/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-wexford/

Ballinlough Castle, Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath or Meath – accommodation

Ballinlough Castle, County Westmeath, photograph courtesy of Ballinlough website https://www.ballinloughcastle.ie/history

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/10/28/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-meath-leinster/

Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo 

Ballinrobe, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.

Ballinsperrig, (see Anngrove), County Cork

Ballintaggart, Colbinstown, Co. Kildare 

Ballinterry House, Rathcormac, Co Cork – accommodation 

Ballinterry House, County Cork, photograph from National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/05/17/places-to-visit-and-stay-munster-county-cork/

Ballintober House, Ballinahassig, Co Cork  – demolished 

Ball’s Grove, Drogheda, Co Louth 

Ball’s Grove, County Louth, courtesy National Inventory.

Bally Ellis, County Wexford

Ballyanahan (or Ballyenahan), Co Cork

Ballyanahan (or Ballyenahan), Co Cork, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Ballyanne House, New Ross, Co Wexford

Ballyarnett, Derry, County Derry 

Ballyarthur, Woodenbridge, Co Wicklow 

Ballyarthur, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Ballyarthur Castle entrance, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Ballybricken, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork

Ballybroony, Co Mayo 

Ballybroony, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.

Ballyburly, Edenderry, Co Offaly

Ballyburly, County Offaly, entrance front, 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.

Ballycanvan House, Waterford, Co Waterford  

Ballycarron House, Golden, Co Tipperary 

Ballycastle Manor House, County Antrim

Ballyclough, Kilworth, Co Cork – partly demolished 

Ballyclough, Kilworth, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.
Ballyclough, County Cork, Victorian photograph, Irish Architectural Archive, 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.

Ballyclough House, Ballysheedy, Co Limerick

Ballyconnell House, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan

Ballyconnell House, County Cavan, photograph courtesy of www.ballyconnell.org

Ballyconnell House, Falcarragh, Co Donegal  

Ballyconnell House, County Donegal, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Ballyconra House, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny 

Ballyconra House, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Ballycross, Bridgetown, Co Wexford  – demolished 

Ballycullen, Askeaton, Co Limerick 

Ballycurrin Castle, Co Mayo 

Ballycurrin, County Mayo, courtesy Colman Sherry Solicitors.

Ballycurry, Ashford, Co Wicklow 

Ballycurry House, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Ballydarton, near Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow

Ballydarton, County Carlow, designed by Daniel Robertson, in 1830. Photograph courtesy Historic Houses of Ireland.

Ballydavid, Woodstown, County Waterford

Ballydivity, Ballymoney, County Antrim

Ballydonelan Castle, Loughrea, Co Galway – ‘lost’ 

Ballydonelan Castle entrance front, County Galway, collection: Bertie Donohoe, 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.

Ballydrain House, Drumbeg, County Antrim

Ballydrain House, Drumbeg, County Antrim, photograph courtesy Archiseek.

Ballyduff, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny 

Ballyduff House, County Kilkenny, courtesy of National Inventory.

Ballydugan House, Portaferry, County Down

Used to provide accommodation, I’m not sure if it still does.

Ballydugan House, County Down, photograph courtesy of Discover Northern Ireland.

Ballyedmond, Midleton, Co Cork – demolished after 1960.  

Ballyedmond Castle, Killowen, County Down – can visit gardens. 

Ballyedmond Castle, County Down, photograph courtesy of Archiseek.

Ballyeigan, Birr, Co Offaly

Ballyeigan House, County Offaly, photograph courtesy National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Ballyellis, Buttevant, Co Cork

Ballyfin House, Mountrath, County Laois – hotel 

Ballyfin, photograph by Tony Pleavin 2018 for Tourism Ireland. Wrought-iron curvilinear Victorian conservatory, c.1855, on a rectangular plan with apsidal ends and glazed corridor linking it to Ballyfin House. Designed by Richard Turner.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/10/27/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-laois-leinster/

Ballygally Castle, Larne, County Antrim – hotel

At Ballygally Castle, County Antrim, 2023. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry about it on my page of places to stay in County Antrim https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/03/21/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-ulster-county-antrim/

Ballygarth Castle, Julianstown, Co Meath 

Ballygawley Park, Ballygawley, Couny Tyrone

Ballygawley, County Tyrone. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Ballygiblin, near Mallow, Co Cork – ruin  

Ballygiblin, County Cork, 1986, photograph: William Garner. 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.

Ballyglan, Woodstown, Co Waterford 

Ballyglunin Park, Monivea, Co. Galway 

Ballyglunin Park, County Galway, photograph courtesy of house’s website.

Available for hire https://ballygluninpark.ie

Ballyhaise House, Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan – agricultural college 

Ballyhaise House, Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan courtesy National Inventory.

Ballyheigue Castle, near Tralee, Co Kerry – ‘lost’  

Ballyheigue Castle, Co Kerry courtesy Archiseek.

Ballyhemock (or Ballyhimmock) (see Annes Grove), Co Cork  

Ballyhossett, Downpatrick, County Down 

Ballyin, Lismore, Co Waterford 

Ballyin Garden House, Co Waterford, photograph courtesy of myhome.ie on 23 April 2021

Ballykealey, Tullow, Co Carlow – now a hotel 

Ballykealey House, County Carlow, courtesy of Ballykealey House website.

See my entry on places to stay in County Carlow https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/10/14/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-leinster-carlow/

Ballykeane, Redcross, County Wicklow

Ballykilbeg, County Down 

Ballykilcavan, Stradbally, Laois – runs a brewery 

Ballykilcavan House, Stradbally, Co. Laois courtesy Archiseek.

Ballykilty, Quin, Co Clare 

Ballykilty Manor, Quin, County Clare, photograph courtesy Sherry Fitzgerald McMahon and Cushman and Wakefield.

Ballykilty, Co Limerick (see Plassey House) 

Ballyknockane, Ballingarry, County Limerick

Ballyknockane Lodge, Ballypatrick, Co. Tipperary

Ballylickey House, Bantry, Co Cork – hotel, Seaview House Hotel

See their website https://seaviewhousehotel.com

Seaview House Hotel, formerly Ballylickey House, County Cork, photograph courtesy of their website.

Ballylin House, Ferbane, Co Offaly – demolished 

Ballyline House (formerly White House), Callan, Co Kilkenny 

Ballylough House, Bushmills, County Antrim 

See my entry about it on my page of places to stay in County Antrim https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/03/21/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-ulster-county-antrim/

Ballymack House, Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny 

Ballymaclary House, Magilligan, Co Derry 

Ballymacmoy, Killavullen, Co Cork – coach house airbnb  

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/05/17/places-to-visit-and-stay-munster-county-cork/

Ballymacool, Letterkenny, Co Donegal – ruin  

Ballymacool House, County Donegal, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Ballymagarvey, Balrath, Co Meath – wedding venue

See their website https://www.ballymagarvey.ie

Ballymagarvey House, County Meath, courtesy website.

Ballymaloe, Cloyne, Co Cork  – accommodation  

Ballymaloe House, 2017, photograph for Failte Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/05/17/places-to-visit-and-stay-munster-county-cork/

Ballymanus, Stradbally, Co Laois

Ballymartle, Kinsale, County Cork

Ballymascanion (the Cottage), Co Louth  

Ballymascanlon House, Louth  – hotel 

Ballymascanlon hotel, County Louth. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/10/28/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-louth-leinster/

Ballymena Castle, County Antrim – demolished

Ballymena Castle, County Antrim, courtesy Archiseek.

Ballymoney Park, Kilbridge, County Wicklow

Ballymore, Cobh, Co Cork

Ballymore, Cobh, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Ballymore Castle, Laurencetown, Co. Galway 

Ballymore Castle, County Galway, photograph by Mike Searle, Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0.

Ballymore, Camolin, Co Wexford – museum 

Ballymore, County Wexford, photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/11/15/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-wexford/

Ballymoyer House, Belleek, County Armagh – demolished

Ballymoyer House, County Armagh, photograph courtesy Archiseek.

Ballynacourty, Co Limerick

Ballinacourty House, Ballynacourty, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick For sale April 2025 courtesy GMV Auctioneers.

Ballynacourty, Tipperary, Co Tipperary (see Ballinacourty) 

Ballynacree House, Ballymoney, County Antrim – available for accommodation

Ballynacree House, County Antrim photograph courtesy airbnb

Available for accommodation, https://ballynacreehouse.com

Ballynaguarde, Ballyneety, Co Limerick

Ballynaguarde, County Limerick, c.1949. The main facade with statue of Hercules, photograph: Standish Stewart. 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.

Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara, Co. Galway  – hotel

Ballynahinch Castle, photograph courtesy of hotel website.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/05/31/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-galway/

Ballynahown Court, Athlone, Co Westmeath (see Ballinahown Court) 

Ballynalacken Castle, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare – hotel 

Ballinalacken Castle, Co Clare, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Collection National Library of Ireland.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/01/20/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-clare/

Ballynaparka, Cappoquin, Co Waterford 

Ballynastragh, Gorey, Co Wexford

Ballynastragh House, County Wexford, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Ballynatray House, Glendine, Co Waterford – 482 gardens in 2023 

Ballynatray, County Waterford, 19th August 2023. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/12/21/ballynatray-estate-county-waterford-p36-t678-gardens-only/

Ballyneale House, Ballingarry, Co Limerick 

Ballyneale House, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.

Ballynegall, Mullingar, Co Westmeath

Ballynegall, County Westmeath entrance hall 1961 photograph: Hugh Doran, 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.

Ballynoe (or Newtown), Tullow, Co Carlow

Ballynoe (or Newtown), Tullow, Co Carlow photograph courtesy Irish Times April 18, 2013.

Ballynoe House, Rushbrooke, Co Cork

Ballynoe House, Rushbrooke, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Ballynoe, Ballingarry, Co Limerick

Ballynoe, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.

Ballynure, Grange Con, Co Wicklow 

Ballynure House, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Ballyorney House, Enniskerry, County Wicklow

Ballyowen (formerly New Park), Cashel, Co Tipperary

Ballyowen House, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Ballyquin House, Ardmore, Co Waterford 

Ballyragget Grange, County Kilkenny (see The Grange)

Ballyrankin, Ferns, County Wexford

Ballysaggartmore, Lismore, Co Waterford – lost 

The Gate Lodge, Ballysaggartmore, Lismore, Co Waterford Courtesy of Luke Myers 2015, for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/05/26/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-munster-county-waterford/

Ballysallagh House, Johnswell, Co Kilkenny 

Ballysallagh, County Kilkenny. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/06/17/ballysallagh-house-johnswell-co-kilkenny/

Ballyscullion, Bellaghy, County Derry – Ballyscullion Park 

Wedding venue https://www.ballyscullionpark.com

Ballyscullion Park, County Derry, photograph courtesy of their website.

Ballyseede Castle/ Ballyseedy, Tralee, county Kerry – section 482 

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/09/02/ballyseede-castle-ballyseede-tralee-co-kerry/

Ballyshanduffe House (also known as The Derries), Portarlington, Co Laois 

Ballyshannon House, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal  

Ballyteigue Castle, Kilmore Quay, County Wexford

Ballytrent House, Broadway, Co Wexford – one wing rental 

Ballytrent House, County Wexford, courtesy of their website.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/11/15/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-wexford/

Ballytrim, County Down 

Ballyvolane, Co Cork  – demolished  

Ballyvolane, Castlelyons, Co Cork – Hidden Ireland accommodation  

Ballyvolane, County Cork, photo taken 2014 for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/05/17/places-to-visit-and-stay-munster-county-cork/

Ballyvonare (also called Ballinavonear), Buttevant, Co Cork   

Ballyvonare (also called Ballinavonear), Buttevant, Co Cork courtesy of National Inventory.

Ballywalter Park, Newtownards, Co Down 

See their website https://ballywalterpark.com

Ballywalter Park, County Down, photograph courtesy of their website.

Ballyward Lodge, County Down 

Ballywhite House, Portaferry, County Down 

Ballywillwill House, near Castlewellan, County Down 

Balrath, Kells, Co Meath – section 482 and accommodation

See https://balrathcourtyard.ie 

Balrath, County Meath, photograph courtesy of their website.

Balrath Bury, County Meath 

Baltiboys, Blessington, Co Wicklow  

Baltiboys, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Baltrasna, Oldcastle, Co Meath 

Baltrasna House, Ardee, Co. Louth for sale June 2025, photograph courtesy Lisney Sotheby’s International Realty.

Balyna, Moyvalley, Co Kildare – weddings (Moy Valley Hotel)

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/06/08/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-kildare/

Moy Valley hotel, formerly Balyna House, County Kildare, photograph courtesy of their website.

Bancroft House, County Down 

Bangor Castle, County Down

Bangor Castle, County Down, photograph courtesy of Glenn Norwood, North Down Brorough Council.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/10/06/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-down-northern-ireland/

Bannow House (originally Grange House), Bannow, Co Wexford 

Bannow House, County Wexford, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Bansha Castle, Bansha, Co Tipperary 

Bansha Castle, County Tipperary by Kerry Kissane 2021 for Tourism Ireland

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/10/19/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-tipperary-munster/

Bantry House & Garden, Bantry, Co. Cork – section 482, and accommodation  

Bantry House, County Cork, a treasurehouse of culture. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/12/01/bantry-house-garden-bantry-co-cork/

Barbavilla, Collinstown, Co Westmeath 

Barberstown Castle, Kildare  – hotel 

Barberstown Castle, County Kildare, photograph courtesy of barberstowncastle.ie

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/06/08/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-kildare/

Bargy Castle, Tomhaggard, Co Wexford 

Bargy Castle, County Wexford, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
Bargy Castle, County Wexford, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Barmeath Castle, Dunleer, Drogheda, Co Louth – section 482 in 2019 

Barmeath, County Louth, photograph courtesy of Historic Houses of Ireland.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/10/23/barmeath-castle-dunleer-drogheda-county-louth/

Barnabrow, Cloyne, Co Cork – accommodation and wedding venue

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/05/17/places-to-visit-and-stay-munster-county-cork/

See their website https://www.barnabrowhouse.ie

Barnabrow, Cloyne, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Barnane, near Templemore, Co Tipperary

Barnane Castle, Templemore, County Tipperary, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Barne, Clonmel, Tipperary 

Barne, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy of myhome.ie in July 2023.

Baronrath House, Straffan, Co Kildare

Barons Court, Newtownstewart, County Tyrone

See their website https://barons-court.com

Baronscourt, County Tyrone, courtesy of their website.

Baronston House (or Baronstown), Ballinacargy, Co Westmeath

Baronstown , County Westmeath entrance front, collection: Geoffrey Brooke, 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.

Barraghcore House, Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny 

Barraghcore, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Barretstown Castle, Ballymore Eustace, Kildare  – children’s camp 

Barretstown Castle, County Kildare, photograph courtesy of their website.

Barretstown House, Newbridge, Co Kildare 

Barretstown House, Newbridge, Co Kildare courtesy myhome.ie

Barrowmount, Co Kilkenny 

Barrowmount, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Barrymore Lodge, Castlelyons, Co Cork 

Barryscourt Castle, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork  – ruin, open to public 

Barryscourt Castle, County Cork

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/01/19/office-of-public-works-properties-munster/

Baymount, Clontarf, Co Dublin (Manresa) – owned by Jesuits 

Manresa, formerly Baymount, County Dublin, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Beamond House, Duleek, County Meath or Beaumond House, Duleek, Co Meath 

Beardiville House, County Antrim 

Bearforest, Mallow, Co Cork 

Bearforest, Mallow, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Beaulieu, Drogheda, County Louth 

Beaulieu, County Louth. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2021/03/17/beaulieu-county-louth/

Beaumond House, Duleek, Co Meath 

Beauparc, Co Meath – section 482 

Beauparc House, County Meath. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/07/22/beauparc-house-beau-parc-navan-co-meath/

Bective House, Bective, Co Meath 

Bective House, County Meath, photograph courtesy Irish Times.

Bedford House, Listowel, Co Kerry 

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

Beech Park, Clonsilla, Co Dublin 

Beechmount, Rathkeale, Co Limerick 

Beechmount House, County Limerick, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Beechmount House, County Limerick, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Beechmount House, County Limerick, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Beechmount House, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.

Beechwood Park, Nenagh, Co Tipperary

Beechwood, County Tipperary, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Beechy Park (formerly Bettyfield), Rathvilly, Co Carlow

Beechy Park, County Carlow, photograph courtesy Irish Independent 13 January, 2009.

Belan, Co Laois

Belan House, County Laois, courtesy National Inventory

Belan, County Kildare – ‘lost’ 

Belcamp House (also known as Belcamp Hutchinson), Balgriffin, County Dublin  – a college 

Belcamp House, County Dublin, photograph by Lainey Tess Quinn, abandonedworldphotograph.com

Belcamp Hall, Balgriffin, County Dublin

Belcamp, Dublin photograph by Bob Linsdell, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Belcamp Park, Balgriffin, County Dublin

Belfast Castle, County Antrim 

Belfast Castle and Gardens, photograph by Aidan Monaghan 2015 for Tourism Ireland

See my entry on my page Places to visit and stay in County Antrim https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/03/21/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-ulster-county-antrim/

Belfort, Charleville, Co Cork – demolished 1958  

Belgard Castle, Clondalkin, Co Dublin 

Belgard, County Dublin, photograph courtesy of Georgian Mansions in Ireland with some account of the evolution of Georgian Architecture and Decoration by Thomas U. Sadleir and Page L. Dickinson. Dublin University Press, 1915. 

Belgrove, Cobh, Co Cork – demolished 1954  

Bellaghy Castle and Bawn, Bellaghy, County Derry

Bellair, Ballycumber, County Offaly 

Bellair House, Tullamore, Ballycumber, County Offaly for sale, photograph courtesy Savills.

Bellamont Forest, Cootehill, Co Cavan

Bellamont Forest, Cootehill, Co Cavan courtesy National Inventory.

Bellarena, Magilligan, County Derry 

Belle Isle, Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh 

Belle Isle Castle, County Fermanagh by Brian Morrison, 2008 for Tourism Ireland.

Belle Isle, Lorrha, Co Tipperary 

Belle Isle, I think this is County Tipperary, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Belleek Castle (or Manor, or Ballina House), Ballina, Mayo  – gives tours and hotel 

Belleek Manor, or Castle, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/05/15/places-to-stay-and-visit-in-connacht-leitrim-mayo-and-sligo/

Bellegrove (also Rathdaire), Ballybrittas, Co Laois – (demolished) 

Bellegrove, County Laois, photographs by Colin Colleran on facebook.

Belleview, Co Cavan

Belleville Park (see Bellville) Cappoquin, County Waterford

Bellevue, Tamlaght, County Fermanagh

Bellevue, Co Galway (see Lisreaghan) – ‘lost’ 

Bellevue House, Slieverue, Co Kilkenny 

Bellevue, County Kilkenny, 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.

Bellevue, Co Leitrim 

Bellevue, Borrisokane, County Tipperary

Bellevue, Delgany, Co Wicklow

Bellevue, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Bellevue, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Bellevue, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Belline, Piltown, Co Kilkenny 

Belline, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Bellinter House near Bective, County Meath – hotel and restaurant 

Bellinter House, County Meath, 2007, photograph courtesy of flickr commons.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/10/28/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-meath-leinster/

Bellmont House, Mullingar, County Westmeath

Bellville Park (or Belleville, formerly Bettyville), Cappoquin, Co Waterford 

Bellwood, Templemore, Co Tipperary 

Bellwood Castle, Templemore, County Tipperary photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Belmont, Banbridge, County Down

A hotel, https://www.belmontbanbridge.co.uk

Belmont House hotel, County Down, photograph courtesy of website.

Beltrim Castle, Gortin, County Tyrone

Belvedere, Mullingar, County Westmeath– open to visitors 

At Belvedere, County Westmeath. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/05/23/belvedere-house-gardens-and-park-county-westmeath/

Belvedere, County Down 

Belvoir, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare – ruin 

Belvoir Park, Newtownards, County Down – demolished 1950s 

Belvoir, County Down, designed by Christopher Myers in 1755 with later additions by William Barre, courtesy Archiseek.

Benburb, County Tyrone: Manor House

Benekerry (or Bennekerry), near Carlow, Co Carlow

Benekerry (or Bennekerry) House, Co Carlow courtesy of National Inventory.

Bennett’s Court, Cobh, Co Cork – medical clinic  

Benown (also known as Harmony Hall), Athlone, Co Westmeath 

Benown, County Westmeath.

Benvarden House, Dervock, County Antrim

Benvarden, County Antrim, photograph courtesy www.historichouses.org

The gardens are open to the public in the summer, https://www.benvarden.co.uk

Berkeley Forest, New Ross, Co Wexford

Berkeley Forest House, County Wexford, photograph courtesy of the house’s website.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/11/15/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-wexford/

Bermingham House, Tuam, Co Galway 

Bermingham House, County Galway.

Bert (or De Burgh Manor), Athy, Co Kildare 

Bert House, or de Burgh Manor, County Kildare, courtesy Sherry FitzGerald O’Reilly.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/06/08/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-kildare/

Bessborough, Blackrock, Co Cork 

Bessborough, County Cork, courtesy of National Inventory.

Bessborough, Piltown, Co Kilkenny (Kidalton College) 

Bessborough, County Kilkenny, in Georgian Mansions in Ireland with some account of the evolution of Georgian Architecture and Decoration by Thomas U. Sadleir and Page L. Dickinson.

Bessmount Park, Drumrutagh, Co Monaghan

Bessmount, County Monaghan, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Bettyfield (see Beechy Park), County Carlow

Bingfield, Crossdoney, Co Cavan

Bingfield, Crossdoney, Co Cavan courtesy National Inventory.

Bingham Castle, Belmullet, Co Mayo

Birchfield, Co Clare – ‘lost’ 

Birchfield, County Clare entrance front, Collection of Mrs Grania Weir. 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.

Birdstown House, Muff, Co Donegal  – burnt ca 1984  

Birr Castle, Co Offaly – open to public 

Birr Castle, Count Offaly, photograph by Chris Hill 2018, for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2025/07/21/birr-castle-county-offaly-section-482/

Bishops’ Palace, (see Clarisford), Killaloe, County Clare 

Bishops’ Palace, Cork, Co Cork

Bishop’s Palace, Derry, County Derry 

Bishops’ Palace, Raphoe, Co Donegal  – a ruin  

Bishop’s Palace, Raphoe, County Donegal. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Bishop’s Palace, Cultra, County Down

Bishop’s Palace, Dromore, County Down

Bishop’s Palace, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny  

Bishop’s Palace, Kilkenny, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Bishop’s Palace, Kilkenny, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Bishop’s Palace, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.
Bishop’s Palace, Waterford, photograph from the National Library of Ireland, flickr constant commons.

Bishopscourt, Straffan, Co Kildare 

Bishopscourt House in 1879, from The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Francis Orpen Morris.

Black Castle, Navan, Co Meath

Black Hall, Termonfeckin, Co Louth 

Black Hall, County Louth, courtesy National Inventory.

Blackhall, Clane, Co Kildare 

Blackrock, Bantry (see Bantry House), Co Cork  

Blackwater Castle (or Castle Widenham), Castletownroche, Co Cork

Blackwater Castle (Castle Widenham, or Blackwater Valley Castle) Castletownroache, Co Cork, courtesy of Sherry Fitzgerald.

Available for hire, see my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/05/17/places-to-visit-and-stay-munster-county-cork/

Blanchville, Gowran, Co Kilkenny 

Blanchville, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Coachyard accommodation, see https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/10/28/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-kilkenny-leinster/

Blanchville Coachyard, Dunbell, County Kilkenny, photograph from website https://blanchville.ie/

Blandsfort, Abbeyleix, Co Laois 

Blandsfort, County Laois, courtesy of National Inventory.

Blarney Castle, Co Cork – section 482 – open to the public  

Blarney Castle, County Cork. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/09/23/blarney-castle-rock-close-blarney-co-cork/

Blarney House & Gardens, Blarney, Co Cork – section 482 

Blarney House, County Cork. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/09/30/blarney-house-gardens-blarney-co-cork/

Blayney Castle, or Hope Castle, County Monaghan

Blayney Castle or Hope Castle, County Monaghan, courtesy Archiseek.

Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown, County Tyrone

Blessingbourne, County Tyrone, photograph courtesy of Tourism Northern Ireland, 2019.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/04/03/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-ulster-counties-fermanagh-monaghan-and-tyrone/

Blessington House, Co Wicklow

Joseph Tudor’s engraving dated 1745 of Blessington House. Joseph Tudor (1695–1759). “A North Prospect of Blessingtown, A Seat belonging to the Right Honourable The Earl of Blessingtown Viscount Mountjoy, Baron of Ramelton and Baronet.”

Bloomfield, Claremorris, Co Mayo – demolished 

Bloomfield, Co Westmeath 

Bloomfield, a country house erected for William Russell Farmar JP (1802-71) to a design by Daniel Robertson. Photograph from National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Bloomsbury House, Kells, County Meath 

Boakefield, Ballitore, Co Kildare 

Boakefield, Ballitore, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.

Bogay, Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal 

Bogay House, County Donegal, courtesy of daft.ie

Bolton Castle, Moone, Co Kildare 

Bonnettstown Hall, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny  

Bonnetstown, County Kilkenny, courtesy of National Inventory.

Boomhall, County Derry 

Boomhall, County Derry, photograph courtesy Derry Journal 26 March 2022.

Borris House, County Carlow – section 482 in 2019 

Borris House, Borris, Co Carlow, photograph by Suzanne Clarke 2016, for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/10/04/borris-house-county-carlow/

Borrismore House (formerly Marymount), Urlingford, Co Kilkenny 

Bowen’s Court, Kildorrery, County Cork – demolished 1961  

Bowen’s Court, County Cork courtesy Archiseek.

Boyne House (see Stackallan) County Meath

Boytonrath, Cashel, Co Tipperary 

Bracklyn Castle, Killucan, Co Westmeath 

Bracklyn House, County Westmeath, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Brade House, Leap, Co Cork

Braganstown, Castlebellingham, Co Louth 

Braganza, Carlow, Co Carlow – converted into apartments

Braganza, Carlow, Co Carlow courtesy Archiseek.

Breaghwy (or Breaffy), Castlebar, Co Mayo – hotel

Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Co Mayo (formerly Breaghwy), photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Brianstown, Cloondara, Co Longford 

Bridestown, Glenville, Co Cork

Bridestown County Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Bridestream House, Knocknatulla, Co Meath 

Brightsfieldstown, Minane Bridge, Co Cork – demolished 1984  

Brittas Castle, Clonaslee, Co Laois – ruin 

Brittas Castle, County Laois, courtesy National Inventory.

Brittas, Nobber, County Meath 

Brittas Castle, Thurles, Co Tipperary 

Brittas Castle, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Brockley Park, Stradbally, Co Laois – a ruin 

Brockley Park, County Laois drawing room ceiling c. 1944, 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.

Brook Lodge, Glanmire, Co Cork – new house  

Brook Lodge, Halfway House, Co Waterford 

Brookfield House, County Down 

See https://www.abandonedni.com/single-post/brookfield-house

Brooklands, Belfast

Browne’s Hill House, Chapelstown, Co Carlow

Browne’s Hill, County Carlow, photograph courtesy of Irish Times 30th July 2020.

Brownhall, Ballintra, Co Donegal 

Brownlow House, Lurgan, County Armagh – National Trust 

Brownlow House, Lurgan Castle, Lurgan, Photographer: Christopher Heaney, 2022 for Tourism Ireland.

See my entry on my page https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/10/05/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-armagh-northern-ireland/

Brownsbarn, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny 

Brownsbarn, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Brownswood, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford 

Brownswood House, County Wexford, courtesy National Inventory.
Brownswood House, County Wexford, courtesy Archiseek.

Bruree House, Bruree, County Limerick

Bruree House, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.

Bullock Castle, Dalkey, Co Dublin

Bullock Harbour Dalkey castle, photograph courtesy of Sherry Fitzgerald Dalkey.

Buncrana Castle, Buncrana, Co Donegal

Buncrana Castle, County Donegal, dated 1718, courtesy of National Inventory.

Bunowen Castle, Co Galway  – ‘lost’ 

Bunratty Castle, Co. Clare – open to public 

Bunratty Castle, County Clare, photograph by Chris Hill 2014, for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/01/20/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-clare/

Burgage, Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow

Burgage, County Carlow, photograph from Carlow Tourism facebook page.

Accommodation is available in the mews, www.themews.ie/

Burnchurch House, Bennettsbridge, Co Kilkenny  

Burnchurch house, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Burnham House, near Dingle, Co Kerry 

Burnham Manor, Dingle, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Burnham House, Co Kerry courtesy Archiseek.

Burntcourt Castle, or Burncourt, or Everard’s Castle, Clogheen, Co Tipperary 

Burncourt, CountyTipperary courtesy Mike Searle, Creative Commons geograph.org.uk -1393348

Burrenwood Cottage, County Down 

Burton Hall, County Carlow – demolished

Burton Hall, County Carlow, entrance front before removal of top floor. Victorian Photographs. 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 three-bay single-storey over basement granite built residence remains, built c. 1725, originally wing of the larger house, which was demolished around 1930.

Burton Park (formerly Burton House), Churchtown, Co Cork – section 482 in 2019  

Burton Park, County Cork, August 17th 2023. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/02/08/burton-park-churchtown-mallow-county-cork-p51-vn8h/

Burtown House and Garden, Athy, Co Kildare – section 482 in 2019 

Burtown, County Kildare

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/06/08/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-kildare/

Busherstown, Moneygall, County Offaly 

Busherstown, County Offaly, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Bushfield, Co Kerry (see Kilcoleman Abbey) 

Bushy Park, Terenure, Co Dublin – apartments 

Bushey Park, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, courtesy sales advertisement 2022.

Butlerstown Castle, Tomhaggard, Co Wexford 

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/11/15/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-wexford/

Butlerstown Castle, County Wexford, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Buttevant Castle, Buttevant, Co. Cork  – ruin  

Buttevant, or Barry, Castle, County Cork, courtesy http://www.castles.nl

Byblox, Doneraile, Co Cork – demolished  

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