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

by jenjunebugOctober 10, 2025October 21, 2025

As you can see as I work my way though the contents of Mark Bence-Jones’s A Guide to Irish Country Houses [1], there are thousands of “big houses” in Ireland – though many are “houses of middle size.” It’s not clear why some houses are included in Bence-Jones’s book and others are not. If it were up to me, I’d compile a more defined list – I’d like to compile a list of houses built before 1700, for example, to have a more clear cut-off, and another list of houses built before 1800. I would also like to group houses by architect, and I will do that eventually, I hope! But Bence-Jones gives us a good idea as to what exists – albeit he includes some important houses that no longer exist.

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…

[1] Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

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

*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

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2021/03/28/cabra-castle-kingscourt-county-cavan/

Cabra (or Cabragh) House, Co Dublin – demolished 1948

Cahercon (see Cahircon), County Limerick

Caherelly Grange, Herbertstown, Co Limerick

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

Cahir Castle, Cahir, Tipperary – OPW

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/03/29/cahir-castle-county-tipperary-an-office-of-public-works-property/

Cahircalla, Ennis, Co Clare – nursing home

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

A two storey house of late-Georgian appearance. 

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

*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

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.

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

Cahore House, Cahore, Co Wexford

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

Cairndhu, 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.

Caledon, County Tyrone

Callinafercy House, Milltown, Co Kerry

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

*Callinafercy House, Co Kerry courtesy National Inventory.*

Camass House, Bruff, Co Limerick

*Camass House, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.*

Camla Vale, Monaghan, Co Monaghan

Camlin Estate, Co Donegal  – demolished 

*Camlin, County Donegal or Fermanagh (?) entrance front c. 1890, Robert French, Lawrence Photgraph Collection NLI*. *It was on the border of the counties, and a gate still exists. The National Inventory tells us of the gate lodge: “*This gateway and lodge was built to designs by the eminent architect John Benjamin Keane (died 1859), a noted architect of his day who is probably best remembered for his numerous church commissions for the Catholic Church. It was Keane who designed the extensive alterations and additions to Camlin Castle itself at the same time, incorporating fabric from the earlier house that, reputedly, included seventeenth century fabric, for a John A Tredennick c. 1838. The Tredennick family lived at Camlin Castle from c. 1718 when a William Tredennick obtained the lease of Camlin from William ‘Speaker’ Conolly who had purchased the estates of Lord Folliott in and around Ballyshannon area. The Tredennick family had another seat at nearby Fortwilliam or Fort William (see 40910774). The estate was sold to the Land Commission c. 1900; the last member of the family to reside at Camlin was a Charles Joseph Haydon Tredennick up until 1929. Camlin Castle itself was sadly – and erroneously – later demolished as part of Erne Hydro-Electric Scheme in the 1940s/50s, when it was thought that the house would be submerged by new lake. However, the water level of this lake did not reach the site of the building so it could have been saved, and it represents a sad loss to the architectural heritage of the local area.”

Camolin Park, Camolin, Co Wexford

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

*Camphire House, County Waterford, courtesy of National Inventory.*

Cangort, Shinrone, Co Offaly

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

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

*Capard, County Laois, courtesy Savills.*

Cappagh House, Cappagh, Co Waterford (Old and New, section 482)

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/12/09/cappagh-house-old-and-new-dungarvan-co-waterford/

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

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2021/01/24/cappoquin-house-gardens-cappoquin-co-waterford/

Carbury Castle, Co Kildare (or Castle Carbury or Carbery) – ruin

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

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

Careysville, (Ballymacpatrick Castle), Clondulane, Fermoy, County Cork

*Careysville, Fermoy, County Cork courtesy National Inventory.*

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

Cargins Park, Roscommon, Co Roscommon

A two storey three bay Victorian house with a porch.

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, New Ross, Co Wexford

Carnalea House, County Down

Carnalway Glebe, Kilcullen,  Co. Kildare

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

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

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

*Carnew Castle, County Wexford/ Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland*

Carramore, Ballina, County Mayo

*Carrowmore House, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.*

Carrick Barron, or Carrickbarrahane, Stradbally, Co. Waterford

Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, The Castle (see Ormonde Castle), Carrick Castle

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), County Tyrone

Carrig Park, Mallow, Co Cork

  A two storey bow ended Georgian house.

Carrigacunna Castle, Killavullen, Co Cork 

*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 and the Cottage, 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.“

Carriglas Manor, Longford

*Carriglas Manor, County Longford, courtesy of National Inventory.*

*Carriglas or Carrigglass Manor, County Longford, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

*Cariglas or Carriglas Manor, County Longford, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

Carriglea, Dungarvan, Co Waterford

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 

A very handsome C19 Classical house…Now ruinous.

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

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

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

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

Carrowgar (see Moy House)

Carrowgarry, Beltra, Co Sligo – coffee roasters

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

Carrowmore (also known as Fairfield House), Aughrim, Co Galway

A plain three storey 5 bay Georgian house.

Carrowmore House, Carrowmorelacken, Co Mayo

*Carrowmore, or Carramore, County Mayo, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

Carrowroe 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

Carton House, Kildare – hotel

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/06/04/carton-house-county-kildare-a-hotel/

Cashel Palace, Cashel, Co Tipperary – hotel

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

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

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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/11/09/office-of-public-works-dublin-the-casino-at-marino/

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

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

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

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

Castle Bellingham, County Louth – hotel

*Castle Bellingham, County Louth, 20th November 2022.* 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/

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

*Castle Bernard (formerly Castle Mahon), Bandon, Co Cork photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

Castle Bernard (see Kinnity Castle), Kinnity, Co Offaly – hotel

Castle Blunden, County Kilkenny – whole house rental

*Castle Blunden, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.*

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

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

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

*Clongowes College, County Kildare, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

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 Fermanagh/Donegal, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

Castle Carbery (see Carbury Castle), Carbury, County Kildare

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 Coole (see Castlecoole), County Fermanagh

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, 6^th 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.

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

Castle Ellen, Athenry, County Galway – on 482 in 2019-2025

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

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

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 Forward, Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal – ruin 

Castle Freke, Rosscarbery, Co Cork 

*Castle Freke, County Cork, courtesy of Dublin City Library archives.*

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 Grove, County Donegal – accommodation

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

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

Castle Hacket (or Castlehacket), Belclare, Co Galway

*Castlehacket, photograph courtesy of airbnb Castlehacket entry.*

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

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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/11/13/castle-howard-avoca-county-wicklow/

Castle Hume (see Ely Lodge), County Fermanagh

Castle Hyde, Fermoy, County Cork

Castle Ievers, Croom, Co Limerick

*Castle Ievers, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.*

Castle Irvine (or Necarne Castle), Irvinestown, County Fermanagh

*Castle Irvine (or Necarne Castle), County Fermanagh courtesy Lord Belmont.*

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

Castle Kelly, see Aughrane Castle, County Galway

Castle Kevin, Mallow, Co Cork  

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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/08/07/castle-leslie-glaslough-county-monaghan/

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

Castle Mahon (see Castle Bernard) – ruin 

Castle Martin, Co Kildare

*Castlemartin, County Kildare, courtesy of myhome.ie*

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

Castle Martyr (or Castlemartyr), Co Cork – hotel 

*Castlemartyr, County Cork courtesy National Inventory.*

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

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

*Castle Park, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.*

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 Saffron (see Creagh Castle), Co Cork 

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

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/07/03/county-cavan-historic-houses-to-see-and-stay/

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

*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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2025/04/25/the-castle-castletownshend-co-cork-accommodation/

Castle Upton, Templepatrick, County Antrim

*Castle Upton, County Antrim, courtesy Archiseek.*

Castle Ward, Strangford, County Down

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

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

*Castle Ward, County Down courtesy National Trust Images, photograph by Matthew Antrobus.*

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

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

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

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 Wray, Letterkenny, Co Donegal – ruins 

Castlebar House, Castlebar, Co Mayo – burned

Castleblayney (see Blayney Castle), County Monaghan

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

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

Castlecaulfeild, County Tyrone – ruin

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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/03/21/castle-coole-county-fermanagh-a-national-trust-property/

Castlecor, Ballymahon, County Longford

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/03/16/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-county-longford-leinster/

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 1^st 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.*

Castlehacket (see Castle Hacket), Belclare, Co Galway

Castlehaven House, Castletownsend, Co Cork

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

Castlerichard, (see Glencairn Abbey) Co Waterford

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

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.*

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/03/15/castletown-house-and-parklands-celbridge-county-kildare-an-office-of-public-works-property/

Castletown Castle, Dundalk, County Louth

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

Castleview, Conna, Co Cork (see Glynnatore) 

Castlewellan, County Down

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

Cavangarden, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal – B&B 

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

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.

Charlemont Fort, County Armagh (see Roxborough Castle, County Tyrone)

Charlesfort, Kells, Co Meath

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

Charlesfort, Co Wexford

Charlestown House, Clara, Offaly

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

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

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 1^st 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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/09/18/charleville-county-wicklow/

Charleville Forest Castle, Tullamore, County Offaly

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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/08/29/charleville-forest-castle-tullamore-county-offaly-sometimes-open-to-public-run-by-charleville-castle-heritage-trust/

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. 

Chief Secretary’s Lodge, Dublin (see United States Ambassador’s Residence)

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 – whole house accommodation

*Churchtown House, Churchtown, County Kerry courtesy National Inventory.*

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Cill-Alaithe, Killala, Co Mayo

Clandeboye, County Down

Clanwilliam House, County Antrim (see Danesfort)

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 Hill (see Cabinteely House), Co Dublin

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

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– school then sold 2005

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

Clifden Castle, Clifden, Co Galway – ‘lost’

*Clifden Castle, County Galway, entrance front*, *photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland*.

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 

*Cliff House, County Fermanagh/Donegal, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

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.

Clinshogh, Co Dublin (see Woodlands)

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

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

Clonacody, Fethard, County Tipperary – accommodation

*Clonacody, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy National Inventory.*

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

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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/10/16/clonalis-castlerea-county-roscommon/

Clonard, near Wexford, Co Wexford

*Clonard House, County Wexford, photograph courtesy National Inventory.*

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.*

Cloncarneel (see Clown), Co Meath

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.*

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

Clongill Castle, Co Meath – ruin

Clongowes Wood, Co Kildare (see Castle Browne)

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 – plans for retirement home

*Clonmannon, Ashford, Co Wicklow courtesy sales advertisement 2022.*

Clonmeen, Banteer, Co Cork – whole house airbnb 

*Clonmeen House, County Cork, courtesy of airbnb.*

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

Clonmore House, Piltown, Co Kilkenny

*Clonmore House, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.*

Clonodfoy, Co Limerick (see Castle Oliver)

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*

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2024/04/25/clonskeagh-castle-dublin/

Clontarf Castle, Clontarf, Co Dublin – hotel

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

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Clontead More, Coachford, Co Cork

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

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.

Cloughdoo (see Castle Wilder), County Longford

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, 1^st Bt of 2^nd creation.

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

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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/05/21/colganstown-house-hazelhatch-road-newcastle-county-dublin/

Collierstown House, Collierstown, Co Meath

A late C18 house, built ca 1775.

Collis Sandes House (see Oak Park)

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

*Collon House, County Louth, courtesy National Inventory.*

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

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’ 

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

*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.

Cookstown House, Co Meath (see Corbalton Hall)

Coolamber, Street, Co Westmeath

*Coolamber, County Westmeath, courtesy National Inventory.*

Coolamber Manor, Lisryan, County Longford

*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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2020/05/31/coolcarrigan-house-and-gardens-coill-dubh-naas-county-kildare/

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.*

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

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

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

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.”

Coolready (see St. Catherine’s)

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.

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2022/01/11/coopershill-house-riverstown-co-sligo/

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

Corduff, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim

A two storey five bay house probably of late C18.

Corick, Clogher, County Tyrone – hotel

https://www.corickcountryhouse.com

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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

See my entry https://irishhistorichouses.com/2023/05/26/places-to-visit-and-stay-in-dublin-city-and-county/

Cornacassa, Monaghan, Co Monaghan

*Cornacassa House, County Monaghan, courtesy Archiseek.*

Cornahir (or Cornaher), 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, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

Craddenstown, County Westmeath

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 1^st 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, 1^st Viscount Craigavon, 1^st 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, County Mayo, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.*

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

*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.*

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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*.

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

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

*Cromwellsfort, County Wexford, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.*

Croney Byrne, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow – courtyard accommodation

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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.*

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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

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

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

*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