A Guide to Irish Country Houses, C, contents and pictures

Cabinteely House (formerly Clare Hill), Cabinteely, Dublin – sometimes open to public

https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/10/14/cabinteely-house-formerly-clare-hill-or-marlfield-cabinteely-dublin/ 

Cabinteely House, Dublin, photograph from Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council website.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/06/06/covid-19-lockdown-20km-limits-and-places-to-visit-in-dublin/

Cabra Castle, County Cavan, on section 482 in 2019-2025 – hotel 

https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2021/03/28/cabra-castle-kingscourt-county-cavan/

Cabra Castle, County Cavan. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Cabra (or Cabragh) House, Co Dublin http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/01/13/cabra-or-cabragh-house-co-dublin/

Caherelly Grange, Herbertstown, Co Limerick https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/20/caherelly-grange-herbertstown-co-limerick/

An old castle, not lived in since mid-C19.

Cahir Castle, Cahir, Tipperary – OPW https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/03/29/cahir-castle-county-tipperary-an-office-of-public-works-property/

Cahir Castle, photograph from Ireland’s Content pool, by George Munday 2014 for Failte Ireland

Cahircalla, Ennis, Co Clare – nursing home http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/30/cahircalla-ennis-co-clare-hospital/

Cahircon House (or Cahercon or Cahiracon), Killadysert, Co. Clare

http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/30/cahercon-house-or-cahiracon-or-cahircon-county-clare/

The National Inventory tells us that Cahercon is a “five-bay three-storey over basement late-Georgian house, built c. 1790, with limestone cut-stone projecting Ionic porch to centre. Three-bay two-storey over basement flanking wings with full-height canted bay windows, lean-to conservatory to left hand side and two-bay single-storey bay to right hand side, added 1873. Five-bay single-storey return, added c. 1990, to accommodate use as convent and school.”

Cahercon, County Clare, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Cahirduggan, Midleton, Co Cork  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/26/cahirduggan-midleton-co-cork/

A two storey house of late-Georgian appearance.  

Cahirduggan, Midleton, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Cahir-Guillamore, Kilmallock, Co Limerick https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/17/cahir-guillamore-kilmallock-co-limerick/

Cahir-Guillamore, County Limerick, entrance front 1965 copy photograph: David Davison, 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.

Cahirmoyle, Ardagh, Co Limerick https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/20/cahirmoyle-ardagh-co-limerick/

Cahirmoyle House, County Limerick, courtesy Archiseek.
Cahirmoyle House, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.
Cahirmoyle House or Cahermoyle, County Limerick, courtesy National Library of Ireland.

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.

Cahore House, Cahore, Co Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/01/cahore-house-cahore-co-wexford/

Cahore House, County Wexford, courtesy National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Cairndhu, Larne, County Antrim https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/11/04/cairndhu-previously-carncastle-lodge-larne-county-antrim/

A two storey, many-gabled Victorian house, given a Chinese flavour by the design of the ornate open-work bargeboards, and of the elaborate wooden verandah and balcony running along most of the front. 

Cairndhu House, County Antrim, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Caledon, County Tyrone https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/12/08/caledon-county-tyrone/

Caledon, County Tyrone, from Georgian Mansions in Ireland by Sadleir and Dickinson.

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

A Victorian Tudor house of 1861, built for Robert Leeson, grandson of 1st Earl of Milltown. 

Callinafercy House, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Camass House, Bruff, Co Limerick  https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/21/camass-house-bruff-co-limerick/

Camass House, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.

Camla Vale, Monaghan, Co Monaghan https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/17/camla-vale-monaghan-co-monaghan/

Camla Vale, County Monaghan.

Camlin Estate, Co Donegal  – demolished  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/01/08/camlin-co-donegal-demolished/

Camlin, Couty Donegal entrance front c. 1890, Robert French, Lawrence Photgraph Collection NLI 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.

Camolin Park, Camolin, Co Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/24/camolin-park-camolin-co-wexford-demolished/

A square block of superior quality, dating from first half of C18. Good doorcase with segmental pediment. The seat of the Annesleys, Earls of Mountnorris and Viscounts Valentia, sold by them 1858. A ruin for many years, demolished ca 1974.

Camphire, Cappoquin, Co Waterford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/12/17/camphire-cappoquin-co-waterford/

Camphire House, County Waterford, courtesy of National Inventory.

Cangort, Shinrone, Co Offaly https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/06/29/cangort-shinrone-co-offaly/

Cangort Park, County Offaly, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Cangort Park, Shinrone, Co. Offaly https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/08/23/cangort-park-shinrone-co-offaly/

Cangort House, Cangort demesne, County Offaly, Courtesy of National Inventory.
Cangort Park, County Offaly courtesy Sherry Fitzgerald Country Homes, Farms and Estates.

Capard, Rosenalis, Co Laois https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/17/capard-rosenalis-co-laois/

Capard, County Laois, courtesy Savills.

Cappagh House, Cappagh, Co Waterford (Old and New, section 482) https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2023/12/09/cappagh-house-old-and-new-dungarvan-co-waterford/

Cappagh House, County Waterford. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Cappamurra, Dundrum, Co Tipperary  https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/09/14/cappamurra-dundrum-co-tipperary/

A two storey house with round-headed windows in its upper storey and windows of unusual shape below. 

Cappamura, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Cappoquin House, Waterford – section 482 https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2021/01/24/cappoquin-house-gardens-cappoquin-co-waterford/

Cappoquin House, County Waterford. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Carbury Castle, Co Kildare (or Castle Carbury or Carbery)  – ruin https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/16/carbury-castle-co-kildare-or-castle-carbury-or-carbery-ruin/

Carbury Castle, County Kildare, courtesy of Brian T. McElherron, Irish Antiquities.

Careysville, (Ballymacpatrick Castle), Clondulane, Fermoy, County Cork, P61 VF53 http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/20/62862/

Careysville, Fermoy, County Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Cargins Park, Roscommon, Co Roscommon https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/08/31/cargins-park-roscommon-co-roscommon/

A two storey three bay Victorian house with a porch.

Carker House, Doneraile, Co Cork  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/26/carker-house-doneraile-co-cork/

A two storey C18 house, 6 bay front; two bay breakfront, with small pediment-gable; tripartite round-headed doorcase.

Carker House, County Cork, courtesy National Inventory.

Carnagh House, Carnagh, Co Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/01/carnagh-house-co-wexford/

Carnagh House, New Ross, Co Wexford 

Carnalea House, County Down 

Carnalway Glebe, Kilcullen,  Co. Kildare https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/04/carnalway-glebe-kilcullen-co-kildare/

Carnelly, Ennis, Co. Clare http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/30/carnelly-ennis-co-clare/

A 3 storey mid-C18 house of pink brick, built for George Stamer almost certainly to the design of his brother-in-law Francis Bindon.

Carnelly House, County Clare, photograph by Eric Shaw, courtesy Clarecastle Ballyea Heritage website.

Carnew Castle, Carnew, Co Wicklow https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/10/carnew-castle-carnew-co-wicklow/

Carnew Castle, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Carramore, Ballina, County Mayo

Carrowmore House, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.

Carrick Barron, or Carrickbarrahane, Stradbally, Co. Waterford  https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/12/17/carrick-barron-or-carrickbarrahane-stradbally-co-waterford/

Carrickblacker, Portadown, County Armagh – demolished https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/11/12/carrickblacker-portadown-county-armagh-demolished/

Carrick Blacker, County Armagh, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Carrickmore House (formerly Carrickmore Hall), Carrickmore, County Tyrone https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/12/09/carrickmore-house-formerly-carrickmore-hall-carrickmore-county-tyrone/

Carrig Park, Mallow, Co Cork  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/26/carrig-park-mallow-co-cork/

 A two storey bow ended Georgian house. 

Carrigacunna Castle, Killavullen, Co Cork  https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/11/01/carrigacunna-castle-killavullen-mallow-county-cork-p51x043/

Carrigacunna Castle, Killavullen, Mallow, County Cork for sale May 2025 courtesy Lisney Sothebys.

A two storey early nineteenth century house alongside an old tower-house above the River Blackwater.

Carrigaholt Tower, Shannon, County Clare http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/30/carrigaholt-tower-shannon-county-clare/

Carrigaholt Tower, Shannon, County Clare, photograph courtesy Sherry Fitzgerald McMahon, 2024.

Bence-Jones writes of the cottage: “A C19 house of random ashlar consisting of a 2 storey centre with pointed windows, flanked by single-storey gabled wings; overlooking the mouth of the Shannon, close to the ruins of an old castle of the MacMahons which was captured by the O’Briens of Thomond and afterwards passed to the Burton family. Now rebuilt, but the old C18 pink brick garden walls still survive.

Carrigaholt Tower, Shannon, County Clare, photograph courtesy Sherry Fitzgerald McMahon, 2024.
Carrigaholt Tower, Shannon, County Clare, photograph courtesy Sherry Fitzgerald McMahon, 2024.

 Carriglas Manor, Longford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/28/carriglas-manor-longford/

Carriglas Manor, County Longford, courtesy of National Inventory.

Carriglea, Dungarvan, Co Waterford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/12/17/carriglea-dungarvan-co-waterford/

Carrigmore, Ballineen, Co Cork  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/26/carrigmore-ballineen-co-cork/

A two storey house in the late Georgian manner, built 1842 by James Lysaght on the site of an earlier house, known as Connerville, which had formerly belonged to the Conner family and which he purchased from them. 

Carrigmore, Montenotte, Cork, Co Cork  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/26/carrigmore-montenotte-cork-co-cork/

A very handsome C19 Classical house…Now ruinous.

Carrignavar, Co Cork  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/26/carrignavar-co-cork/

A late C19 castellated house incorporating some fragments of an old castle.  

Carrignavar, County Cork (http://homepage.eircom.net/~carriglake/carrig_lake24.htm), photograph courtesy Landed Estates database.

Carrigoran, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co Clare – demolished in the 1980s http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/30/carrigoran-newmarket-on-fergus-co-clare-demolished-in-the-1980s/

Carrigrenane, Little Island, Co Cork  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/26/carrigrenane-little-island-co-cork/

A pleasant square late-Georgian house of two storeys over a basement on a promontory jutting out into Lough Mahon.

Carrigrohane Castle, Carrigrohane, County Cork  http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2024/12/26/carrigrohane-castle-carrigrohane-county-cork/

Detached four-bay three-storey over basement and with dormer attic house, built c.1850, incorporating fabric of an earlier building.   

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

Carrowdore Castle, Donaghadee, County Down http://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/01/10/carrowdore-castle-donaghadee-county-down/

A Georgian Gothic castle built 1818 by Nicholas de la Cherois-Crommelin. 

Carrowgarry, Beltra, Co Sligo https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/09/10/carrowgarry-beltra-co-sligo/

A Victorian house built ca 1880 by A.J. Crichton.

Carrowmore (also known as Fairfield House), Aughrim, Co Galway https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/01/30/carrowmore-also-known-as-fairfield-house-aughrim-co-galway/

A plain three storey 5 bay Georgian house.

Carrowmore House, Carrowmorelacken, Co Mayo https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/02/18/carrowmore-house-carrowmorelacken-co-mayo-ruin/

Carrowmore House, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.

Carrowroe Park, Roscommon, Co Roscommon https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/09/01/carrowmore-park-roscommon-co-roscommon/

An early C19 Classical house of two storeys and three bays, pedimented breakfront with Wyatt window over Doric portico. The front prolonged by single-storey wings with pairs of pedimented pavilions, those on one side being wider apart; blind wall with pilasters on one side, windows on the other. Garden front with two arched loggias joined by colonnade.

Carstown, Drogheda, Co Louth https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/04/18/carstown-drogheda-co-louth/

Carstown, Drogheda, Co Louth, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Carton House, Kildare – hotel 

At Carton House, County Kildare. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Cashel Palace, Cashel, Co Tipperary – hotel

Cashel Palace hotel, County Tipperary, photograph by Brian Morrison 2014 for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.

Cashel House, Cashel, Connemara, County Galway

Casino at Marino, County Dublin – Office of Public Works

The Casino, Marino, County Dublin. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Castle Archdale, Irvinestown, County Fermanagh – house a ruin but War museum in stables

Castle Archdale, County Fermanagh, from Discover Northern Ireland website.

Castle Bellingham, County Louth – hotel 

Castle Bellingham, County Louth, 20th November 2022. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Castle Bernard (formerly Castle Mahon), Bandon, Co Cork – ruin  

Castle Bernard (formerly Castle Mahon), Bandon, Co Cork courtesy of Archiseek.

Castle Blunden, County Kilkenny

Castle Blunden, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Browne (Clongowes Wood College), Clane, Co Kildare

Clongowes Wood College, formerly Castle Browne, County Kildare. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Castle Caldwell, Belleek, County Fermanagh

A C18 house of two storeys over a basement, on the shores of Lough Erne, with a delightful Georgian “pasteboard Gothic” façade… The house was ruinous by the end of C19.” 

Castle Caldwell, County Donegal or Fermanagh, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland

Castle Cooke, Kilworth, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

The old castle of Dungallane was acquired by Thomas Cooke, a Cork Quaker merchant, in second half of C17, and subsequently named Castle Cooke.

Castle Cor, Kanturk, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

Castle Cor, County Cork 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.

Castle Crine, near Sixmilebridge, Co Clare –

A castellated late-Georgian house, demolished in 1955. 

Castle Daly, Loughrea, Co Galway – ‘lost’ 

Castle Daly, County Galway entrance front, photograph collection: Miss Olive Daly, 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.

Castle Dillon, Armagh, County Armagh

A large and austere mansion of 1845 by William Murray; built for Sir George Molyneux, 6th Bt, to replace a rather low and plain mid-C18 winged house, which had itself replaced the second of two earlier houses again.  

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

Castle Dobbs, Carrickfergus, County Antrim

An early C18 house in the manner of Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, built 1730 by Arthur Dobbs, Surveyor-General of Ireland, Governor of North Carolina, agriculturalist and organizer of expeditions to discover the NW passage from Hudson’s Bay to the Pacific.  

Castle Dobbs, County Antrim, courtesy Archiseek.

Castle Dodard, Lismore, County Waterford 

Castle Dodard, County Waterford, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Durrow, Co Laois – a hotel, gardens open to public 

Castle Durrow, County Laois. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Castle Ellen, Athenry, County Galway – on 482 in 2019 

Castle Ellen, County Galway, courtesy of National Inventory of architectural heritage.

Castle Ffogarty, Thurles, Co Tipperary

A rather insubstantial C19 castle; burnt 1922 and now a ruin except for one tower which has been rebuilt. 

Castle Ffrench, Ahascragh, Co Galway 

An elegant ashlar-faced house of three storeys over a basement, built in 1779 for Sir Charles ffrench, Mayor of Galway; replacing a late C17 house on a different site which itself replaced a castle built by the ffrench family soon after they bought the estate in late C16. 

Castle Ffrench, County Galway, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Forbes, County Longford 

Castle Forbes, County Longford, Photograph from Archiseek.
Castle Forbes, County Longford, Photograph from National Library of Ireland. 

Castle Forward, Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal – ruin  

Castle Freke, Rosscarbery, Co Cork  

Castle Freke, County Cork, courtesy of Dublin City Library archives.
Castle Freke, Rosscarbery, Co Cork  courtesy Archiseek.

Castle Gore (or Old Castle, Deel Castle), Ballina, Co Mayo

Castle Gore (or Old Deel Castle), County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Grace, Clogheen, Co Tipperary  

Castle Grace, Clogheen, Co Tipperary, photograph Michael Daniels and Shelley and Purcell estate agents 2019.

Castle Grove, County Donegal – accommodation  

Castlegrove, County Donegal. Photograph from National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Castle Hacket (or Castlehacket), Belclare, Co Galway 

Castlehacket, photograph courtesy of airbnb Castlehacket entry.

Castle Harrison, Charleville, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

C18 house…sold 1956 and subsequently demolished

Castle Hewson, Askeaton, Co Limerick 

Castle Hewson, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Howard, Avoca, Co Wicklow – section 482 

Castle Howard, County Wicklow. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Castle Hyde, Fermoy, County Cork

Castle Hyde, Fermoy, County Cork courtesy National Inventory.
Castle Hyde, Fermoy, County Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Ievers, Croom, Co Limerick 

Castle Ievers, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.
Castle Irvine (or Necarne Castle), County Fermanagh courtesy Lord Belmont.

Castle Kevin, Mallow, Co Cork  

Castle Kevin, Mallow, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Kevin, Annamoe, County Wicklow https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/11/castle-kevin-annamoe-county-wicklow/

Castle Kevin, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Castle Lackin, near Ballycastle, Co Mayo

A plain two storey late Georgian house, with a wide curved bow at one end of its garden front; simple entablatures over ground floor windows. A vast complex of outbuildings at rear of the house, partly surrounded by a high battlemented wall with castellated gate piers. “Eyecatcher” folly on hill opposite. Now the house and outbuildings are in ruins and some of the wall has collapsed.

Castle Leslie, County Monaghan – section 482 in 2019, hotel 

Castle Leslie, County Monaghan. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Castle Lough, Co Tipperary 

A two storey five bay Georgian house with a high roof.

Castle Lyons, Fermoy, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

A C16 fortified mansion, built on the foundations of the castle of the O’Lenans, from whom the place too its name; principal seat of the Earls of Barrymore. …The house was burnt 1771, through the carelessness of a workman, and never rebuilt. 

Castle MacGarrett, Claremorris, County Mayo

Castle MacGarrett, County Mayo, courtesy Sherry FitzGerald Claremorris.

Castle Martin, Co Kildare 

Castlemartin, County Kildare, courtesy of myhome.ie

Castle Martyr (or Castlemartyr), Co Cork – hotel  

Castlemartyr, County Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Mary, Cloyne, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

Castle Mary, Cloyne, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Matrix, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick (also called Castle Mattress)

Castle Matrix, County Limerick, photograph courtesy Archiseek.

Castle Morres, Kilmaganny, Co Kilkenny

Castle Morres, County Kilkenny, entrance front c. 1900, photograph collection Mrs. de Montmorency, 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.

Castle Neynoe (Ballysumaghan House), Balintogher, Co Sligo

 “A small symmetrical Gothic-Revival castle with a central bow carried upwards as a three storey tower. Seat of the Neynoes. Now a ruin.” 

Castle Oliver (also known as Clonodfoy), Kilfinane, Co Limerick

Castle Oliver, County Limerick, 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.
Castle Oliver, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Otway, Templederry, Co Tipperary

Castle Otway, County Tipperary view of entrance and garden fronts, 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.
Castle Otway, County Tipperary, entrance front 1979, 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.

Castle Park, Limerick, Co Limerick https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2025/03/21/castle-park-limerick-co-limerick/

Castle Park, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Pollard (formerly Kinturk), Co Westmeath https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/01/26/castle-pollard-formerly-kinturk-co-westmeath/

Castle Ring, Dundalk, Co Louth 

A two storey five bay gable-ended C18 house with simple round-headed doorway.

Castle Saunderson, Co. Cavan – a ruin, can visit 

Castle Saunderson, County Cavan. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Castle Shane, Co Monaghan

Castle Shane, County Monaghan, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Castle Sheppard, Borrisokane, County Tipperary – ruinous

Castle Strange, Athleague, Co Roscommon- ruin 

Castle Talbot, Blackwater, County Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/01/castle-talbot-blackwater-county-wexford/

Castle Talbot, County Wexford, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Taylor, Ardrahan, Co Galway  – ruin 

Castle Townshend, Co Cork  – accommodation, hotel  

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

Castle Upton, Templepatrick, County Antrim

Castle Upton, County Antrim, courtesy Archiseek.

Castle Ward, Strangford, County Down 

Castle Ward, County Down courtesy National Trust Images, photograph by Matthew Antrobus.
Blackwater Castle (Castle Widenham, or Blackwater Valley Castle) Castletownroache, Co Cork courtesy of Sherry Fitzgerald.

Castle Wilder (also known as Cloughdoo), Abbeyshrule, County Longford

Castle Wilder, County Longford, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Willington, Nenagh, Co Tipperary 

Castle Willington, County Tipperary, courtesy National Inventory.
Castle Willington, County Tipperary, courtesy National Inventory.

Castle Wray, Letterkenny, Co Donegal – ruins  

Castlebar House, Castlebar, Co Mayo – burned

Castleboro House, County Wexford – ruin

William Blacker married Elizabeth Anne Carew, from Castleboro House in County Wexford, now a splendid ruin. The ruins of Castleboro House, County Wexford (geograph_3716684) By Mike Searle, https://commons.wikimedia.org

Castlecaulfeild, County Tyrone – ruin

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

Castlecomer House, Co Kilkenny

Castlecomer House, County Kilkenny, photograph: Gillman Collection, 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.

Castlecoole, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh – open to the public 

Castle Coole, County Fermanagh. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Castlecor, Ballymahon, County Longford 

Castlecor House, County Longford, photograph from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage

Castlefield, Co Kilkenny 

A three storey bow-fronted Georgian house, the bow having a trefoil window and battlements. Pillared porch. 

Castlegar, Ahascragh, Co Galway 

The grandest of Sir Richard Morrison’s villas, built from 1803 onwards for Ross Mahon, afterwards 1st Bt; replacing an earlier house. 

Castlegar, County Galway, courtesy Archiseek.

Castlegarde, Cappamore, Limerick   

Castlegarde, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.

Castlegrove, Tuam, County Galway

Castlegrove, County Galway, courtesy Mark Bence-Jones.

Castlehaven House, Castletownsend, Co Cork

Castlehaven House, Castletownsend, Co Cork  courtesy National Inventory.
Castlehaven House, Castletownsend, Co Cork  courtesy National Inventory.

Castlemaine Lodge, Hare Island, Athlone, Co Westmeath (or Hare Island)

Hare Island Lodge, Athlone, Co. Westmeath by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection NLI L-ROY-05263.

Castlemore, Tullow, Co. Carlow – ruins

Castlemore, Tullow, Co. Carlow courtesy National Inventory.

Castlerea, Killala, Co Mayo demolished 1937

Castlerea House, Co Roscommon – demolished

Castlesize, Sallins, Co Kildare 

A two storey late C18 house of seven bays, the two outer bays on either side projecting slightly. 

Castletown Castle, Dundalk, Co Louth 

Castletown Castle, County Louth, This picture shows the complex of buildings that now make up the substantial secondary school that is known as Dun Lughaidh Convent.  Accreditation- Photograph copyright  Ellie Ross

Castletown Castle/ House, Co Carlow

Castletown House, County Carlow courtesy National Inventory.

Castletown House, County Kildare  – open to public

Castletown House, photograph courtesy of Ireland Content Pool, Tourism Ireland.

Castletown Castle, Dundalk, County Louth

Castletown Castle, County Louth, This picture shows the complex of buildings that now make up the substantial secondary school that is known as Dun Lughaidh Convent.  Accreditation- Photograph copyright  Ellie Ross

Castletown Conyers, Ballyagran, Co Limerick 

Castletown Conyers, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.

Castletown ‘Cox’ Kilkenny 

Castletown Cox, County Kilkenny, courtesy Knight Frank.

Castletown Manor, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh – demolished 

Castletown Manor, Pallaskenry, Co Limerick – demolished

Castlewellan, County Down 

Castlewellan Castle, County Down, 2014 © George Munday/Tourism Ireland.

Cavangarden, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal – B&B  

Cecil Manor, Augher, County Tyrone

Celbridge Abbey, Celbridge, Co Kildare 

Celbridge Abbey, courtesy of National Library of Ireland published between ca. 1865-1914 Lawrence Photographic Collection, photographer: Robert French.

Celbridge Lodge, Co Kildare 

Celbridge Lodge, County Kildare, courtesy Sherry Fitzgerald.

Chaffpool, Ballymote, Co Sligo – derelict 

Chanter Hill, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh 

A two storey house built 1780 as a Glebe for Rev Thomas Smyth DD. Front of one bay between two three sided bows.

Charlesfort, Kells, Co Meath 

A two storey house of ca 1800, with a lower wing. 

Charlesfort, Co Wexford 

Charlesfort, County Wexford.

Charlestown House, Clara, Offaly 

Charlestown House, County Offaly, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Charlestown, Clogher, Co Roscommon 

The house is no longer extant but extensive estate architecture survives.

Charleville, Co Cork – gone  

A fine house built 1661 to his own design by the 1st Earl of Orrery, who at the same time developed the nearby town which is named Charleville after Charles II. The house stood on one side of a fortified enclosure, it had extensive gardens and a park. It was burnt 1690 during the Williamite war by the troops of Berwick and not rebuilt

Charleville, Castlebar, Co Mayo 

A square C18 house, now in ruins.

Charleville, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow – section 482 

Charleville, County Wicklow, August 2020. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Charleville Forest Castle, Tullamore, County Offaly 

Charleville Woods Castle, Tullamore, 17 Aug 2024. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Charleville Park (also known as Sanders Park), Charleville, Co Cork –

A three storey six bay late C18 house, built by Christopher Sanders, now divided into flats.  

Church Hill, Maghera, County Down

An early to mid-C18 two storey gable-ended house of five bays; extended towards the end of C18 to form a new drawing room, the addition begin of the same height as the original front; and also gable-ended; but single-storey, with a three sided bow in its front and end walls.  

Churchill House, Chapeltown, County Kerry 

Church hill House, County Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Churchtown House, Churchtown, County Kerry 

Churchtown House, Churchtown, County Kerry courtesy National Inventory.

Cill-Alaithe, Killala, Co Mayo 

Cill-Alaithe, Killala, Co Mayo, courtesy National Inventory. 

Clandeboye, County Down

Clandeboye, County Down, photograph by Jonny84, CC-BY-SA-3.0

Clara House, Clara, County Offaly

Three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1800, with attic, conservatory to rear and projecting entrance porch added to front. 

Clare Park, Ballycastle, County Antrim 

Claremont, Claremorris, Co Mayo 

Claremount House, County Mayo, courtesy Tuohy O’Toole.

Clarisford, Killaloe (Bishops’ Palace), Co Clare

The Palace of the (C of I) Bishops of Killaloe, a late C18 block of three storeys over a basement in a demesne by the River Shannon outside the town.

Clashenure House, Ovens, Co Cork

Clashenure House, Ovens, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Classiebawn Castle, County Sligo 

Classiebawn, County Sligo, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Cleggan Lodge, Ballymena, County Antrim

Originally a hunting lodge, owned at various times by the O’Neills and the O’Haras. 

Cleariestown Hall, Cleariestown, County Wexford 

Cleariestown House, Co Wexford for sale Aug 2023, photograph courtesy of sales advertisement.

Clearmont, Claremorris, County Mayo

Clermont, Co Wicklow https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/11/clermont-co-wicklow/

Clermont House, County Wicklow, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
Clermont House, County Wicklow, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Clifden Castle, Clifden, Co Galway – ‘lost’ 

Clifden Castle, County Galway, entrance front c. 1865, photograph: F.H.Mares, 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.

Clifden House, Corofin, Co Clare

A two storey seven bay early C18 house. Central niche over Doric doorcase of stone. Seat of the Burton family, which produced the C19 portrait painter and miniaturist Sir Frederick Burton. 

Cliff, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal – demolished in late 1940s  

The Cliffs, Baily, Co Dublin

A C19 house added to at various times in the present centry, and full of Edwardian charm.

Clifton, Montenotte, Cork, Co Cork – convalescent home  

Two storey five bay early C19 house, with a single storey two bay wing balanced by conservatory, behind which is a chapel, with a lantern.  

Clobemon Hall, Ferns, County Wexford

Cloghans, Co Mayo 

Cloghans House, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.

Clogher House, Ballyglass, Co Mayo

Clogher House, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.

Clogher Palace (subsequenty Clogher Park), Clogher, County Tyrone

Cloghroe House, Blarney, Co Cork

A Georgian house built on the site of an old castle.

Clogrenane (or Clogrennan), Carlow, Co Carlow – a ruin 

Clogrenane (or Clogrennan House), Carlow, County Carlow courtesy National Inventory.

Clohamon House, near Ferns, Co Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/01/clohamon-house-near-ferns-co-wexford/

Clohamon House, County Wexford, photograph courtesy Lisney Sothebys 2024.

Clonacody, Fethard, County Tipperary

Clonacody, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Clonageera House, Durrow, Co Laois 

Cloonageera, County Laois, courtesy National Inventory.

Clonalis House, Castlerea, Co Roscommon – accommodation and section 482 

Clonalis, County Roscommon, which is still the home of the O Conor family, ancient High Kings of Ireland. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Clonard, near Wexford, Co Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/01/clonard-co-wexford/

Clonard House, County Wexford, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Clonattin House, Gorey, Co Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/01/clonattin-house-gorey-co-wexford/

Clonboy, O’Brien’s Bridge, County Clare – demolished

Clonbrock, Ahascragh, Co Galway  – ‘lost’ 

Clonbrock, County Galway, photograph courtesy of National Library of Ireland.
Clonbrock, County Galway, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Cloncorick Castle, Carrigallen, Co Leitrim

A two storey early to mid C-19 Tudor-Gothic house with buttresses and stepped gables. 

Cloncoskraine, Dungarvan, Co Waterford 

Clonearl, Daingean (formerly Philipstown), Offaly

Clonebraney, Crossakeel, Co Meath – only a ruinous wing remains. 

Clonfert Palace, Eyrecourt, Co Galway – ‘lost’ 

Clonfert Bishop’s Palace, County Galway courtesy National Inventory.

Clonganny House, Wexford – accommodation 

Clonganny House, County Wexford, courtesy of their website.

Clongill Castle, Co Meath – ruin 

Clonhugh, Multyfarnham, County Westmeath 

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

Clonleigh, Ballindrait, Co Donegal – demolished

Clonlost House, Killucan, Co Westmeath

A tall Georgian block with a central pedimented attic. Now a ruin.

Clonmannon, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/11/clonmannon-rathnew-co-wicklow/

Clonmannon, Ashford, Co Wicklow courtesy sales advertisement 2022.

Clonmeen, Banteer, Co Cork – whole house airbnb  

Clonmeen House, County Cork, courtesy of airbnb.

Clonmore House, Piltown, Co Kilkenny 

Clonmore House, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Clonshavoy, Co Limerick 

The Irish Tourist Association surveyor writes in 1944 that the house was interesting as it was the remains of a very old Elizabethan house. He says that more than half the house was pulled down as it was unsafe “and the present eastern wing is a reconstruction”. Photograph from the Irish Tourist Association Survey 1943-44. 

Clonshire House, Adare, Co Limerick 

Clonshire House, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.

Clonskeagh Castle, Co Dublin

Clonskeagh Castle, County Dublin, photograph courtesy of myhome.ie

Clontarf Castle, Clontarf, Co Dublin  – hotel 

Clontarf Castle, County Dublin, 1952 (image reversed), Dublin City Library Archives.

Clontead More, Coachford, Co Cork

Clontead More, Coachford, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.

Clontra, Shankill, Co Dublin

A delightful Ruskinian Gothic villa, almost certainly by Sir Thomas Newenham Deane, and possibly designed by his brilliant younger partner, Benjamin Woodward.

Clonyn Castle, County Westmeath https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/01/26/clonyn-castle-county-westmeath/

Clonyn Castle, County Westmeath, courtesy National Library of Ireland.

Clonyquin (or Clooneyquin or Cloonyquin), Elphin, Co Roscommon – demolished

Cloonacauneen Castle, Co Galway  

An old tower-house with a two storey three bay castellated wing attached

Cloonamahon, Collooney, County Sligo 

Clooncahir, Mohill, Co Leitrim 

A plain two storey four bay house of ca 1820.

Clooney House, Clooney, Co Clare – ruin

Originally a two storey five bay C17 house of the Bindon family, which produced the C18 amateur architect and portrait painter Francis Bindon. The house burnt C19 and the property was sold by the impecunious Burton Bindon, who emigrated to Australia; his daughter and her husband Joseph Hall subsequently returned to Ireland and bought back Clooney. They rebuilt the burnt-out shell of the house in a rich Victorian Italianate style, … Unfortunately the Hall’s finances did not last out; he is said to have gambled and she was extravagant; so that by early C20 the house was once again ruinous. 

Cloverhill, Belturbet, Co Cavan 

Clover Hill, County Cavan, entrance front c. 1975. 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.

Clown (now known as Cloncarneel), Trim, Co Meath 

Cloncarneel (formerly Clown), County Meath, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Colebrook Park, County Fermanagh

An austere Classical house of 1825 by William Farrell; built for Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Bt of 2nd creation. 

Colebrook Park, County Fermanagh, photograph courtesy the house’s website.

Coleraine Manor House (formerly Jackson Hall), Coleraine, County Derry 

Colganstown, Newcastle, Co Dublin – 482

Colganstown House, with rendered walls and stone quoins. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

 Collierstown House, Collierstown, Co Meath 

A late C18 house, built ca 1775.

Collon House, Ardee Street, Collon, Louth (also Oriel Temple)  – accommodation and tours 

Collon House, County Louth, courtesy National Inventory.

Combermere, Glounthaune, Co Cork – Danish consulate

An early c19 “gentleman’s cottage” mostly of one storey, with a small castellated wing.   

Conlig (or Little Clandeboye) House, County Down 

Convamore, Ballyhooly, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

At Convamore House, County Cork, courtesy of National Inventory.

Conway, Dunmurry, County Antrim 

A two storey Victorian house with a symmetrical front of two shallow curved bows and a central projection; on either side of which runs a pillared and balustraded veranda, joining at one end to a single-storey wing, and at the other to a pilastered conservatory. Became hotel; suffered irreparable bomb damage 1970.

Coolamber, Street, Co Westmeath

Coolamber, County Westmeath, courtesy National Inventory.

Coolamber, Street, Co Westmeath https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/01/26/coolamber-street-co-westmeath/

Coolamber Manor, County Longford, courtesy National Inventory.

Coolavin, Monasteraden, Co Sligo

Multiple-bay two- and three-storey stone house, built 1898, to designs by architect James Franklin Fuller.  

Coolbawn House, near Enniscorthy, Co Wexford – ruin 

Coolbawn, County Wexford, photograph print: Richard Dann, 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.

Coolcarrigan House and Gardens, Naas, County Kildare – section 482 in 2019  

Coolcarrigan, County Kildare. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Coolderry House, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan – lost 

A two storey late C18 house of five bays between two semi-circular bows. …Sold 1920 by Col G.J. Brownlow, afterwards demolished.

Coole, Millstreet, Co Cork

A long and low two storey Georgian house with a plain seven bay front. 

Coole House, Millstreet, County Cork, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Coole Abbey, Fermoy, Co Cork 

A house built ca 1765 by Henry Peard; attributed, on stylistic grounds, to Davis Duckart. 

Coole Abbey, County Cork, photograph courtesy National inventory.

Coole Park, County Galway  – ‘lost’ 

Coole Park, County Galway, Lady Gregory in Drawing Room c. 1920, photograph by George Bernard Shaw, courtesy Shaw Estate. 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.

Cooleville, Clogheen, County Tipperary

Cooleville House, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, a house built for the Grubb family in Clogheen.

Coolhull Castle, County Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/02/coolhull-castle-co-wexford/

Coolhull Castle, County Wexford, Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland.

Coolkelure, Dunmanway, Co Cork

A late-Victorian house of stone, with gables of timber open-work in the Swiss manner and a pyramidal roofed tower. 

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

Coollattin (also known as Malton), Shillelagh, Co Wicklow – golf club 

Coollattin House, County Wicklow, photograph courtesy of the house’s website.

Coolmain Castle, Kilbrittain, Co Cork

Coolmain Castle, Kilbrittain, Co. Cork for sale June 2025 courtesy Lisney Sotheby’s International Realty.

Coolmore, Carrigaline, Co Cork

A large late C18 block built 1788 by W.W. Newenham to replace a house built ca 1701 built by Thomas Newenham. 

Coolmore, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny 

Coolmore, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.

Coolnamuck, Carrickbeg, Co Waterford

“A three storey C18 block…Formerly the seat of a branch of the Wall family. It is said that one of the families who owned it in the past lived very extravagantly; and when, as a result, they went bankrupt, they committed mass suicide by driving their coach over the cliff at Tramore. In the present century, the main block became derelict; a house was made in the wing, which in recent years was the home of Mr C.C. Sanders. The house has now been demolished.”

Cooper Hill, Clarina, Co Limerick

Cooper Hill, County Limerick front doorcase 1974, 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.

Coopershill, Riverstown, Co Sligo – 482, accommodation 

Coopershill, County Sligo. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Coppinger’s Court, Cork, Co.Cork – ruin  

An impressive early to mid C17 semi-fortified house built by Sir Walter Coppinger; with gables, machiolations and mullioned windows. Now a ruin.

Coppinger’s Court, County Cork, courtesy National Inventory.

Cor Castle, Innishannon, Co Cork

A small, early Gothic Revival castle, its doorway being a Gothicized Venetian window in the Batty Langley manner

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

Corbally, Taghadoe, Co Kildare 

A small early C18 gable-ended house of two storeys over basement. 

Corballymore (formerly Summerville), Dunmore East, Co Waterford 

Corbally More, County Waterford, courtesy National Inventory.

Corbalton Hall (formerly Cookstown House), Tara, Co Meath

Corbalton Hall (formerly Cookstown House), Tara, Co Meath, photograpy by Tom Coakley, Barrow Coakley Photography Ltd., 25th May 2018.

Corduff, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim 

A two storey five bay house probably of late C18. 

Corick, Clogher, County Tyrone – hotel

https://www.corickcountryhouse.com

Corkagh House, Clondalkin, Co Dublin – demolished 

Corkagh House, Clondalkin 1930 courtesy The Hone Family, https///source.southdublinlibraries.ie/bitstream/10599/11129/1/wm_img127

Corkbeg, Whitegate, Co Cork – demolished

A square two storey early to mid-C19 house on an island just inside the entrance to Cork Harbour joined to the mainland by a causeway; built to replace an earlier house by the water’s edge.

Corke Lodge, Bray, County Wicklow  – the gardens are open to the public as Section 482. www.corkelodge.com

Corke Lodge, Bray, County Wicklow.

Cornacassa, Monaghan, Co Monaghan

Cornacassa House, County Monaghan, courtesy Archiseek.

Cornahir, Tyrrellspass, Co Westmeath https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/01/26/cornahir-tyrrellspass-co-westmeath/

Cornaher or Cornahir House, County Westmeath, courtesy National Inventory.

Corradoo, Ballinafad, Co Sligo 

A house built 1768 by William Phibbs, of Hollybrook, for use as a school.

Corries, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow

Corries (or Corris) House, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow courtesy National Inventory.

Corville, Roscrea, Co Tipperary

A C18 house with a breakfront centre.  

Costello Lodge, Costello, Co Galway

A fishing lodge in Connemara, owned earlier this century by J. Bruce Ismay, head of the White Star Line at the time of the sinking of the Titanic and one of the survivors from that ill-fated ship. Burnt 1922 and rebuilt 1925; a two storey house with gables, dormer gables and pantiled roof.” 

Court Hill, Dunboyne, Co Meath 

An elegant mid-C19 neo-Classical villa in the style of J.S. Mulvany, of one storey over a basement and three bays; the centre bay being raised as a pedimented attic. Flanking service tower. Remodelled in Edwardian period

Courtown, Kilcock, County Kildare 

A plain two storey house of ca 1815, built by John Aylmer to replace the earlier house here, which was burned and looted 1798 during the ownership of his father, Michael Aylmer, who had been unable to rebuilt it, not having received sufficient compensation from the state. Five bay front, with strip pilasters. Much enlarged ca 1900 by J.A. Aylmer, who added a wing at right angles to the original block to form a new entrance front, with a three sided bow and an open porch, at one side of a pedimented projection; containing, among other rooms, a hall with a massive oak staircase. 

Courtown House, Courtown, Co Wexford

A C18 house overlooking the sea at Courtown Harbour, much altered and enlarged C19 after being sacked during 1798 Rebellion. The front of the house…Sold post WWII, subsequently demolished.

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

Craddenstown, County Westmeath 

Craddenstown, County Westmeath, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Cragleigh House, Ennis, Co Clare

Cragleigh House, Cragleigh, Ennis, Co. Clare, for sale July 2025 photograph courtesy Cormac O’Sullivan.

A two storey three bay early C19 house with Wyatt windows and fanlighted doorway, standing in front of an older building to which it is linked.

Craigavad House, County Down 

A restrained Classical house on the shores of Belfast Lough, built ca 1852 for John Mulholland, afterwards 1st Lord Dunleath, to the design of the Belfast architect Thomas Turner. Top-lit central hall with a circular gallery and a glazed dome. Now a golf club.”

Craigavon, Strandtown, County Down 

A two storey Victorian house with a front of two bays on either side of a central bow. Round-headed windows in lower storey, camber-headed windows above. Pavilion with pedimented portico at back of house, joined to main block by orangery. The home of James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Given to the nation.” 

CRAIGAVON HOUSE is owned and run by the Somme Association, a charity which cares for elderly war veterans. The future of Craigavon House remains uncertain.

Craigdun or Craigdunn Castle, Dunminning, County Antrim

A Victorian Scottish Baronial castle of basalt, built by Edmund McNeill. 

Craigdun, County Antrim, photographs courtesy Irish Independent 20th March 2015.

Cranagh Castle, Templemore, Co Tipperary 

A three storey house of 1768 built on to a medieval round tower.

Cranaghan House, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan – Slieve Russell hotel? 

Slieve Russell hotel, Co Cavan photograph by Geoffrey Arrowsmith 2019.

Cranmore House, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo 

Cranmore House, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo courtesy Archiseek.

Cratloe Woods House, Cratloe, County Clare  – private, used to be public, in public woods 

A long, low two storey gable ended C17 house one room thick. Its principal elevation, of thirteen bays, with Georgian sash windows and central three sided bow, is now the garden front; a new entrance front, in simple style with timbered porch, having been added to other side ca 1850 to provide a corridor and larger staircase, possibly to the design of James Pain, who gave the garden front bow a Tudor-Revival gable and heightened the chimneystacks, also in Tudor-Revival style.

Crawfordsburn Park, Bangor, County Down 

Originally a two storey five bay gable-ended house overlooking Belfast Lough. Triple window above fanlighted doorway. Return. Enlarged in C19 gable style. Now a hospital and much altered.

Creagh, Skibbereen, Co Cork

A pleasant Regency house of two storeys over basement, built ca. 1820.  

Creagh House, West Cork, photograph courtesy Irish Examiner 23rd March 2014.

Creagh Castle/House, Doneraile, Co Cork

Creagh House, County Cork, courtesy of National Inventory.

Creagh House, County Mayo

Creagh, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo courtesy National Inventory.
Creagh, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo courtesy National Inventory.

Crebilly House, County Antrim 

A two storey C19 Italianate house which from its appearance could be an early work of Sir Charles Lanyon. 

Creevaghmore, Ballymahon, Co Longford 

Creevaghmore House, County Longford courtesy National Inventory.

Cregg Castle, Fermoy, Co Cork

A home of mid-C18 appearance, of three storeys over a basement; the top storey being treated as an attic, above the cornice. 

Cregg House or Castle, County Cork, photograph courtesy National Inventory.

Cregg Castle, Corrandulla, Co Galway

Cregg Castle, County Galway, photograph from Savills estate agent.

Crevenagh House, Omagh, County Tyrone

Crobeg, Doneraile, Co Cork – demolished in 1980s  

Crocknacrieve, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh 

Crom Castle, Newtown Butler, County Fermanagh 

Crom Castle, Fermanagh Courtesy of Tourism Northern Ireland, by Brian Morrison, 2008.

Cromore House, Portstewart, County Derry 

A mid-C18 house of two storeys with a dormered attic and four bays, enlarged and remodelled 1834 by John Cromie, who added a two storey wing on either side, of the same height as the centre; with a single large many-paned window in each storey. 

Cromwellsfort, Co Wexford https://aguidetoirishcountryhouses.com/2026/03/02/cromwellsfort-co-wexford/

Cromwellsfort, County Wexford, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.

Croney Byrne, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow – courtyard accommodation 

https://croneybyrne.ie

Cronroe, Ashford, Co Wicklow – Bel Air hotel and equestrian centre 

Cronroe, now Bel Air Hotel, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.

Crossdrum, Oldcastle, Co Meath

Crossdrum, County Meath, courtesy National Inventory.

Crosshaven House, Crosshaven, Co Cork – whole house rental  

A three storey house built 1769 by William Hayes, wiht two identical fronts of crisp grey ashlar which almost certainly derive from Isaac Ware’s design for Clifton Hill House, Bristol. https://www.crosshavenhouse.ie/

Crosshaven House, photograph courtesy of the houses’s website https://www.crosshavenhouse.ie

Crossogue House, Ballycahill, Co Tipperary

An early Victorian house with a high basement. 

Crotto, Kilflynn, Co Kerry – ‘lost’ 

Crotto, Kilflynn, Co Kerry courtesy Archiseek.

Crowhill, Annaghmore, County Armagh

A two storey late Georgian house; five bay front with one bay pedimented breakfront. 

Cuba Court, Banagher, Co Offaly – demolished 

Cuba Court, County Offaly, entrance front 1978 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.

Cuffesborough, Durrow, Co Laois

A three storey house of 1770 which from both elevation and plan would appear to have been built about thirty years earlier. 

Culdaff House, Carndonagh, Co Donegal  

Culdaff House, County Donegal courtesy of Mark Bence-Jones.

Cullamore, Carney, Co Sligo 

Cullagh More, County Sligo, courtesy National Inventory.

Cullane, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare – ruin

A Georgian house with a bow window, overlooking the lake. Had a good scrolled overmantel in one room. Now a ruin.  

Culmore House, Ballykelly, County Derry 

A good quality late-Georgian house of brilliant red brick, built 1805.

Cultra Manor, Craigavad, County Down 

Originally a large plain house with a central bow and a battlemented parapet. Towards the end of the C19, or in the opening years of C20, Robert Kennedy, a diplomat who eventually became Minister to Uruguay, replaced the house with a long two storey mansion built of rubble and ashlar facings, which he named Cultra Manor. 

Cultra Bishops’ Palace, Cultra, County Down 

“A gabled Victorian house with a battlemented tower at one corner.” 

Curragh, Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh

A two storey three bay house with quoins, said to have been originally built ca 1699-1700.  

Curragh Chase, Adare, Co Limerick

Curragh Chase, County Limerick garden front 1938, 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.

Curraghmore, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo 

Curraghmore, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.

Curraghmore, Portlaw, County Waterford – section 482 in 2019 

Curraghmore, County Waterford, the garden facing side of the house, designed by James Wyatt (1746-1813), 14th August 2023. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com.

Curraglass, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

Currarevagh, Oughterard, Co Galway – accommodation 

Currarevagh, County Galway, from website.

Cuskinny, Cobh, Co Cork  

Cuskinny House, County Cork, photograph courtesy of sale advertisment by Knight Frank and Michael H. Daniels, June 2023.

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