The Revenue Section 482 list for 2026 has been published! Unfortunately 18 properties have dropped off the list, and there are no new additions. Of the ones removed, I didn’t get to see nine of the properties. We were, however, able to visit the other nine properties which have now been removed. Some of the properties remain open for tourist accommodation, or perhaps even for a visit.
The properties which I did not get to visit include 81 North King Street in Dublin, and Castle Ellen in Galway.
I am sad to see that Tarbert in County Kerry is no longer listed, and Ballybur in County Kilkenny.
The Design Yard at Kilkenny Castle is no longer listed but you can still visit it for shopping in the courtyard.
Unfortunately I never visited Ballaghmore Castle in County Laois, which has dropped off the list. The website is still working, so it must still be available for a castle stay! See www.castleballaghmore.com
Castle Ballaghmore, photograph courtesy of website.
Woodbrook House in County Wexford is no longer a Section 482 property but you can still book for accommodation at www.woodbrookhouse.ie
Woodville House, photograph courtesy of Woodville house website.
I’m happy to report that all of the Wicklow properties listed last year remain on the Section 482. For full details and opening days and times, see https://irishhistorichouses.com
Thomas Fitzmaurice (1668-1741) 1st Earl of Kerry (21st Baron of Kerry), Viscount Clanmorris was the father of John Fitzmaurice Petty (1706-1761) 1st Earl of Shelburne, who added Petty to his name after his mother, Anne Petty (d. 1737). Another son of the 1st Earl of Kerry was his heir William FitzMaurice (1694-1747) who succeeded as 2nd Earl of Kerry.
William Petty (1737-1805) 1st Marquess of Lansdowne Lord Shelburne, Prime Minister, after Sir Joshua Reynolds based on a work of 1766, National Portrait Gallery of London 43.He was the son of John Fitzmaurice Petty (1706-1761) 1st Earl of Shelburne, who was the son of Thomas Fitzmaurice 1st Earl of Kerry (21st Baron of Kerry), Viscount ClanmorrisLouisa Lansdowne née Fitzpatrick, wife of William Petty 1st Marquess of Lansdowne by Joshua Reynolds from Catalogue of the pictures and drawings in the National loan exhibition, in aid of National gallery funds, Grafton Galleries, London. She was a daughter of John FitzPatrick 1st Earl of Upper Ossory.John Henry Petty (1765-1809) 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne National Portrait Gallery of London ref. D37171.John Henry Petty (1765-1809), 2nd Marquis of Lansdowne by Francois-Xavier Fabre, 1795.Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1780-1863) 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, by Henry Walton circa 1805 courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, NPG 178.Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice (1816-1866) 4th Marquess of Lansdowne, Politician and railway company chairman, photograph by by John & Charles Watkins circa early 1860s, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery NPG Ax16422.Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne by Philip Alexius de László.Beatrix Frances Duchess of St Albans, Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne (wife of 5th Marquess), Theresa Susey Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry and Evelyn Emily Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, by Frederick & Richard Speaight.Mrs Letitia Pilkington (née Van Lewen), (1712-1750), “Adventuress” and Author Date: c.1760 Engraver: Richard Purcell, Irish, c.1736-c.1766 After Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish, 1718-1784.Oliver Plunket, by Edward Luttrell courtesy of National Portrait Gallery London.Called Frances Hales, Countess of Fingall, possibly Margaret MacCarty later Countess of Fingall, wife of Luke Plunkett (1639-1685) 3rd Earl of Fingall, by Simon Pietersz Verelst courtesy of National Trust Hatchlands. Margaret was daughter of Donough MacCarty (or MacCarthy) 1st Earl of Clancarty; 2nd Viscount Muskerry. Frances Hales married Peter Plunkett (1678-1717) 4th Earl of Fingall.Arthur James Plunkett (1759-1836) 8th Earl of Fingall by Charles Turner after Joseph Del Vechio NPG D36923.Horace Plunkett by photographer Bassano Ltd, 1923, courtesy of National Portrait Gallery of London, reference NPGx12783.William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, (1764-1854), Orator and former Lord Chancellor of Ireland Engraver David Lucas, British, 1802-1881 After Richard Rothwell, Irish, 1800-1868.Marble bust of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket (1764-1854), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, by CHRISTOPHER MOORE RHA (1790 – 1863), courtesy of Adams auction 19 Oct 2021.William Pole of Ballyfin (d. 1781), English school of 18th century, pastel, courtesy of Christies auction, wikimedia commons. He married Sarah Moore, daughter of the 5th Earl of Drogheda.
Brabazon Ponsonby (1679-1758) 1st Earl of Bessborough, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, of the fort of Duncannon, Co. Wexford married Sarah Margetson. Their daughter Sarah (d. 1736/37) married Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda. Their daughter Anne married Benjamin Burton of Burton Hall, County Carlow. Their daughter Letitia (d. 1754) married Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres. Their son William Ponsonby (1704-1793) succeeded as 2nd Earl of Bessborough and a younger son, John (1713-1787) married Elizabeth, daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Duke of Devonshire.
[1] Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.
Factory Hill, Glanmire, Co Cork
p. 123. “(Hoare, Bt, of Annabella/PB; Dring/IFR) A small Georgian house in the Palladian manner, consisting of a centre block joined to tiny pavilions by curved sweeps; and with the farmyard at the back. A seat of the Hoare family; bought ca 1954 by Mr John Dring, who sold it some years later.” [1]
Fahagh Court, Beaufort, Co Kerry – Killarney Country Club
p. 122. (Morrogh-Bernard/IFR) An irregular two storey house with a shallow battlemented bow and a rusticated doorcase of sandstone on its front, and a gable at the back. Now an hotel.” [1]
Fairfield House, Co Galway (see Carrowmore)
Fairy Hill, Mallow, Co Cork
p. 123. “(Sarsfield/LGI1958) A later Georgian house of one story over a basement. Irregular façade with bow and Wyatt window.”
Fairy Hill, Borrisokane, Co Tipperary
Fairy Hill, Borrisokane, Co Tipperary courtesy National Inventory
p. 123. “A two storey three bay C18 house with a pediment and a fanlighted doorway with sidelights and blocking. In 1837 the seat of W.H. Cox.” [1]
Faithlegg House, Waterford, Co Waterford – a hotel
Faithlegg House Hotel, Co Waterford, Courtesy Colin Shanahan_ Faithlegg House Hotel 2021, for Tourism Ireland.
p. 123. (Power/IFR; Gallwey/IFR) A three storey seven bay block with a three bay pedimented breakfront, built 1783 by Cornelius Bolton, MP, whose arms, elaborately displayed, appear in the pediment. Bought 1819 by the Powers who ca 1870 added two storey two bay wings with a single-storey bow-fronted wings beyond them. At the same time the house was entirely refaced, with segmental hoods over the ground floor windows; a portico or porch with slightly rusticated square piers was added, as well as an orangery prolonging one of the single-storey wings. Good C19 neo-Classical ceilings in the principal rooms of the main block, and some C18 friezes upstairs. Sold 1936 by Mrs H.W.D. Gallwey (nee Power); now a college for boys run by the De La Salle Brothers.” [1]
Falls Hotel (formerly Ennistymon House), County Clare
Falmore Hall, Dundalk, Co Louth courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
p. 123. “(Bigger, sub Hamilton/IFR; Windham-Dawson, sub Dartrey, E/PB1933) A two storey Georgian house of five bays, with an eaved roof and a bow on one front...” [1]
Falmore Hall, Dundalk, Co Louth courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Fanningtown Castle, Croom, Co Limerick – whole house accommodation
Photograph courtesy of Fanningstown Castle website.
Farragh House (also known as Farraghroe), Longford, Co Longford – demolished
Farragh, County Longford, photograph courtesy of Mark Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses.
p. 124. “(Bond/LGI1958) A somewhat composite house, originally a shooting box but greatly enlarged by Willoughby Bond between 1811 and 1833, his architect being John Hargrave, of Cork. Subsequent additions were made in the Victorian period. Entrance front of three storeys and five baysm with Wyatt windows in centre above pillared porch. Side elevation of two storeys and three bays framed by giant plain pilasters; round-headed windows in arched recesses in upper storey of outer bays; two windows in middle above a single-storey Victorian bowed and balustraded projection. Other elevation of three storeys and four bays with a pediment extending over its whole length. Large two storey central hall with gallery and bifurcating staircase, too-lit through skylight with stained glass incorporating family motto, “Deus providebit,” which may have been set by mistake the wrong way round, so that from below the letters read back to front; people said that this had been done intentionally, so that the Almighty, looking down from above, would be able to read the motto and thus be reminded of his obligations. Farragh was sold ca 1960 by Mr B.W.Bond, it was subsequently demolished.” [1]
Farran, Coachford, Co Cork – Hidden Ireland whole house rental
Farran, Coachford, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory
p. 124. “(MacNeale.LGI1912; and sub McNeile/LG1972) A two storey gable-ended house of ca 1770. Five bay front, pedimented Doric doorcase.” [1]
Favour Royal, Aughnacloy, County Tyrone
p. 124. “(Moutray/LGI1912) A somewhat austere Tudor-Gothic house of 1825, said to be by an architect named William Warren; built for John Corry Moutray to replace a house of 1670 destroyed by fire 1823. Two storey with attic of rather low-pitched gables in front; three storey at the back. The front of the house has large rectangular windows with elaborate Gothic tracery and hood mouldings over them. Now owned by the Forestry Commisson.” [1]
Fellsfort, Co Cork (see Mitchellsfort)
Fellows Hall, Killylea, County Armagh
p. 124. “(Maxwell, sub Farnham, B/PB; Armstrong, IFR; Stronge, Bt/PB; McClintock/IFR) A Victorian Italianate rebuilding of a house of 1762, itself a rebuilding of a C17 house burnt 1752. Two storeys over basement; five bay front, round-headed windows with keystones in upper storey, rectangular windows with entablatures on console brackets above them in lower storey. Tripartite doorway with triple window above it. Roof on bracket cornice. Passed through marriage from the Maxwell family to the Armstrong and Stronge families, and then to the McClintock family.”
Fenagh House, Bagenalstown, County Carlow
Fenagh House, County Carlow, photograph courtesy of National Library of Ireland.
p. 124. “(Pack-Beresford/IFR) A plain and austere C19 house of stone. Irregular in plan, and extensive; but with a symmetrical entrance front of three bays, the centre bay being recessed with a pillared porch.” [1]
Fenaghy House, Galgorm, County Antrim
p. 124. “A two storey, five bay gable-ended C18 house, refaced as a stucco Italianate villa in mid-C19. Entablatures on console brackets over ground floor windows; two storey projecting porch with a Corinthian column on either side of the entrance doorway; pierced roof balustrade. Conservatory at end of house, of pretty ironwork. Good interior plasterwork.” [1]
Fennypark, Co Kilkenny
p. 124. “A Georgian house consisting of a two storey three bay centre with Wyatt windows and a pedimented pillared porch, joined to one storey one bay pedimented wings by links with iron verandahs.” [1]
Fermoy House, Fermoy, Co Cork – ‘lost’
Fermoy House, County Cork, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
p. 125. “(Anderson, Bt of Fermoy/PB1861; Cooke-Collis/IFR) A house of ca 1790, consisting of a centre block and wings. The seat of John Anderson, the enterprising army contractor who laid out the town of Fermoy. Later a seat of the Cooke-Collis family. Now demolished.” [1]
Ferns Castle, Wexford – OPW
Ferns Castle, photograph by Chris Hill, 2014 for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.
p. 125. “(Bomford/IFR) A two storey five bay late-Georgian house with an eaved roof. Sold ca 1970; burnt 1972, subsequently rebuilt for institutional use.” [1]
Ferry Quarter, Strangford, County Down
p. 125. (Cooke/IFR) “A large stucco early-Victorian house, overlooking the entrance to Strangford Lough.” [1]
ffrankfort Castle, Dunkerrin, Co Offaly – a ruin
Ffrankfort Castle, County Offaly, entrance front, photograph: Standish Stewart, Varnishing 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.
p. 125. “Rolleston/IFR) A Georgian castellated house, with a battlemented parapet, pointed windows and a turret, incorporating part of a medieval castle and surrounded by the original fosse and a fortified wall of predominantly late C18 or early C19 appearance, with twin Gothic gateways opening into a forecourt in front of the house. Originally the seat of the ffranks; passed to the Rollestons through the marriage of the adopted daughter of Capt James ffrank to Francis Rolleston 1740. Now demolished except for some walls and moat.” [1]
Fields of Odin, Co Dublin (see St. Enda’s)
Finnebrogue House, Downpatrick, County Down
Finnebrogue House, County Down, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
p. 125. “(Perceval-Maxwell/IFR) A fine late C17 house, built on an H plan: a central range with wings projecting at the front and back.
The house is of two storeys over a basement, with an attic storey in the side and rear elevations.
The entrance front is of five bays, with two additional bays at the end of each wing.
The upper storey of the central range is treated as a piano nobile, with higher windows than those below. The house was altered and brought up to date at end of C18 by Dorothea, Mrs Waring-Maxwell, sister and heiress of Edward Maxwell, of Finnebrogue, having stood empty for some 25 years.
The original high-pitched roof was replaced by a roof that was lower, though still high by late 18th century standards; late-Georgian sash windows were inserted, and some of the 1st floor rooms were given high coffered ceilings similar to those of the Down Hunt Rooms in Downpatrick, which date from the same period. Some of the internal partition walls are of peat or turf, as in certain other Irish houses.” [1]
Finnstown, Lucan, Co Dublin – hotel
Finnstown, County Dublin, photograph courtesy of finnstowncastlehotel.com
p. 125. Two storey gable-ended Georgian house; three bay front; later projecting porch, three bay return.” [1]
Fisherwick Lodge, Ballyclare, County Antrim
p. 125. (Chichester, Donegall, M/PB) A hunting lodge of the Marquesses of Donegall; rebuilt ca 1805 as a hollow square with two single-storey fronts of nine bays each. Tall windows, reaching almost to the ground; pedimented wooden doorcase, with fluted columns.” [1]
Fishmoyne, near Templemore, Co Tipperary
p. 125. “(Carden/IFR) The seat of the junior branch of the Cardens; a three storey C19 block built to replace an earlier house destroyed by fire. Pedimented entrance door in three sided bow in middle of front, two bays on either side. Entablatures over ground floor and first floor windows; eaved roof. Octagonal hall.” [1]
Flesk Castle, Co Kerry (see Glenflesk Castle)
Flood Hall, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny – demolished
p. 125. (Solly-Flood/LGI1912; Hanford-Flood/LGI1912) A two storey Georgian house with C19 Gothic embellishments. Front with pediment flanked by small crockets; single-storey three sided bow below. Hood mouldings. Irregular C19 end. The home of Henry Flood, the great C18 statesman and Irish patriot. Demolished 1950.” [1]
Florence Court House, County Fermanagh – open to the public
Forenaghts (used to be townland of Little Forenaghts), Naas, Co Kildare
p. 128. “Wolfe/IFR) A three storey early or mid- C18 house, probably originally of five bays but subsequently extended to form a three storey front of seven bays, with an addition of ca 1831 which is of two storeys on the entrance front and a single high storey on the garden front. Also in the C19 the house was given an eaved roof on a bracket cornice and a single storey Doric portico; and it was refaced in stucco. The garden front is of six bays, with a two bay projection at one end; C19 wing on this side has a curved bow. Low ceilinged rooms in the main block. Hall with slightly curving staircase at back, enlarged early C20 aby taking in the adjoining room to the left, which in turn has been opened, with arches on either side of its fireplace, into the library beyond, which has bookcases incorporated in its panelling. Beautiful early C19 drawing room in the garden fron ton the wing, with a curved bow and a high coved ceiling decorated with elaborate C19 plasterwork. This room was probably made – and the wing added – by Rev Richard Wolfe, for his fashionable wife, who was Lady Charlotte Hely-Hutchinson, sister of 2nd Earl of Donoughmore.” [1]
Fort Etna, Patrickswell, Co Limerick
p. 126. “(Peacocke/LGI1912; Reilly, sub Simonds-Gooding and Peart/LGI1958) A two storey five bay C18 house with a Venetian window and a pedimented and shouldered doorcase. Five bay side. Gable-ended farm buildings treated as wings. The seat of the Peacocke family; afterwards of the Reilly family.” [1]
Fort Frederic, Virginia, Co Cavan – a ruin
p. 126. “(Sankey/LGI1912) A two storey mid-C18 house with a central three sided bow and two bays on either side of it. Georgian Gothic doorcase. Single-storey wings, one of them with two bows in its end wall.” [1]
Fort Robert, Ballineen, Co Cork – ‘lost’
Fort Robert, County Cork, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
p. 126. “(Conner;IFR) A late C18 weather-slated house of two storeys over high basement, built by R.L.Conner 1788. Eight bay front, with wide fanlighted doorway. Three bay side. Empty and decayed by 1854; ruinous by end of C19.” [1]
Fort Stewart, Ramelton, Co Donegal
p. 126. “(Stewart, Bt, of Ramelton/PB) A three storey gable-ended C18 house. Seven bay entrance front, with single-storey, two bay wings. C19 pilastered porch with door at side. Entrance hall with four engaged Tuscan columns and shallow rib-vaulting rising from them. Early C19 decoration in reception rooms.” [1]
Fort William, Tivoli, Co Cork
p. 126. “Baker/IFR) A late-Georgian house consisting of a two storey five bay centre block with single-storey bow-ended wings. Now part of the Silver Springs Hotel.” [1]
Fort William, Doneraile, Co Cork (see Kilmacoom)
Fort William, Glencairn, Lismore, Waterford
Fortwilliam, Glencairn, Lismore, Co Waterford courtesy Michael H. Daniels and Co.
Fortfergus (also known as Mountfergus), Killadysert, County Clare
p. 126. “(Ross-Lewin/LGI1912; Stacpoole/IFR) A long, irregular house of vaguely Georgian appearance, incorporating, or on the site of, a house built by Captain George Ross 1688. Passed by descent to Ross-Lewins; transferred by W.G. Ross-Lewin to his uncle, John Stacpoole, 1800. Sold under Encumbered Estates Act 1855 to Major William Hawkins Ball. Burnt 1922.” [1]
Fortfield, Terenure, Co Dublin
p. 126. “Yelverton, Avonmore, V/PB1910) A three storey house built ca 1785 for Chief Baron Yelverton, afterwards 1stViscount Avonmore. Seven bay front; central Venetian window above single-storey portico and with three oculi in the centre of top storey. Very wide staircase.” [1]
Fortgranite, Baltinglass, Co Wicklow
Fortgranite, Baltinglass, Co Wicklow Courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
p. 126. “(Dennis.IFR) A house of ca 1730 built by George Pendred, of Saunders Grove – whose son assumed the name of Saunders – which came to T.S. Dennis through his marriage to Katherine Saunders 1810; he remodelled it 1810-15, so that it is now predominantly late-Georgian in character. Two storey; entrance front with recessed centre and single storey Doric portico. Adjoining front is five bay with two single-storey three sided bows. Parapeted roof. The house was modernized 1870-1 by M.C. Dennis. The grounds contain a notable arboretum, planted ca 1820.” [1]
Fortland, Easkey, Co Sligo
p. 126. “(Brinkley/LGI1912) A Georgian house. Tripartite doorway with rusticated piers and pediment extending over door and sidelights.” [1]
Fortwilliam, Milford, Co Cork
Fortwilliam, Milford, Co Cork, photograph courtesy National Inventory.
p. 297. “(Sheehy/IFR) A house of mid-C19 appearance in the cottage style, with gables and ornamented bargeboards.”
Fortwilliam, Ballinasloe, Co Galway
p. 126. “(D’Arcy/IFR) A small Georgian house with Victorian additions.” [1]
Fosterstown House, Trim, Co Meath
Fosterstown House, Trim, Co Meath photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
p. 127. “(Chambers. LGI1937 supp) A two storey three bay gable-ended late C18 house. The residence of the great Duke of Wellington (as Hon. Arthur Wellesley) when he was Member for Trim in the Irish Parliament.” [1]
Fota House, Arboretum and Garden, Carrigtwohill, County Cork – open to public
Fountainstown House, Crosshaven, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.
p. 128. “(Hodder/IFR) A three storey double gable-ended early C18 house built by Samuel Hodder.” [1]
Fox Hall, Letterkenny, Co Donegal
Fox Hall, County Donegal, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
p. 128. “(Chambers/LG1863) A stucco-faced house of mid-C19 appearance, but in a straightforward late-Georgian manner, with large rectangular windows and astragals. Of two storeys over basement. Projecting porch, with two ball fiials, not centrally placed; roof on plain cornice.” [1]
Fox Hall, County Donegal, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Foyle Park House, Eglington, County Derry
p. 128. “(Davidson/IFR) A plain two storey irregular late-Georgian house, built ca 1820 and opened 1827 as the North West of Ireland Society’s Literary and Agricultural Seminary and School of Classics. Come to the Davidson family by marriage later in C19. Sold 1920 by James Davidson to Mr H. Whiteside, who sold it back to Lt-Col K.B. L Davidson, of The Manor House, Eglington, 1968.” [1]
Frankville House, Athboy, Co Meath
Frankville House, County Meath, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
p. 128. “A two storey house of late-Georgian appearance. Three bay front, with Wyatt windows and an enclosed porch with a die. Four bay side, with two Wyatt windows in the lower storey not related to the windows above.” [1]
Frascati (or Frescati), Blackrock, Co Dublin – ‘lost’
Frescati House, Blackrock, County Dublin, courtesy of National Library of Ireland.
p. 128. “Fitzgerald, Leinster, D/PB) The seaside house of the Leinsters in C18, where Emily, Duchess of Leinster, lived during her widowhood and where her son, the United Irish leader, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, spent much of his youth. A long, plain two storey eighteenth century house, wiht a pedimented doorway between two three sided bows. Drawing room with ceiling by Thomas Riley, who decorated the gallery at Castletown, County Kildare for Emily Duchess’s sister Lady Louisa Conolly. Demolished 1981-3.” [1]
French Park, County Roscommon – lost
French Park, County Roscommon, entrance front 1954. photograph: National Parks and Monuments Branch, OPW, 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.
p. 128. “(De Freyne, B.PB) An early Palladian winged house of red brick; probably built ca 1729 by John French to the design of Richard Castle. Three storey seven bay centre block, three bay pedimented breakfront with lunette window in pediment; late-Georgian pillared porch, two storey wings five bays long and four deep joined to main block by curved sweeps as high as they are themselves; the curved sweeps having three windows in their upper storey and a door flanked by two windows below. Two storey panelled hall; stairs with slender turned banisters ascending round it to gallery; panelling with bolection mouldings; walnut graining. Dining room originally hung with embossed leather which was later replaced by wallpaper; nineteenth century plasterwork cornice and rosette and circle in centre of ceiling. Drawing room on 1st floor above dining room, with Bossi chimneypiece at one end and a late eighteenth century Ionic chimneypiece at the other; good compartmented plasterwork ceiling executed for Arthur French, 4th Lord De Freyne, late nineteenth century. Fine eighteenth century wrought iron entrance gates. Now a roofless ruin having been sold by 7th and present Lord de Freyne 1953 and afterwards demolished.”
supplement: “This house incorporated a mid-C17 house, built by Patrick French, a burgess of Galway who acquired the estate and other lands, and who died 1669.” [1]
Furness (townland of Great Forenaghts, or Phornauts), Naas, County Kildare
Furness, Naas, County Kildare courtesy myhome.ie
p. 129. “Nevill, sub Neville/IFR; Dering, Bt/PB; Beauman/LG1886; Synnott/IFR) A house built originally ca 1740 for Richard Nevill, and attributed by the Knight of Glin to Francis Bindon; consisting of a three storey centre block joined by single-storey links to a storey projecting wings of the same height as the links; the elevation being further prolonged by quadrants joining the wings to office ranges; so that it extends to a total length of 400 feet. The centre block has a three bay ashlar faced entrance front, with a lunette window above a window framed by an aedicule on console brackets consisting of two engaged Ionic columns and a pediment; above a frontispiece of coupled Doric columns and a Doric entablature framing the entrance doorway. There is an almost identical elevation in Clermont, Co Wicklow. The garden front of the centre block is five bays, with blocking round the ground floor windows. From ca 1780 onwards, Richard Nevill, MP, great-nephew of the builder of the house, carried out various additions and alterations; chief of which was the raising of the left-hand link, so that it became a two storey wing with a curved bow on the garden front. The whole of the centre block, on the entrance front, is taken up with a hall, consisting of two sections opening into each other with an arch; they were originally separate, but the Doric frieze is probably contemporary with the building of the house, as is the handsome staircase of Spanish chestnut, which rises on one side of the arch; though there are indications that it has been remodelled. On the frieze of the staircase and gallery is a Vitruvian scroll decoration. The drawing room has a ceiling, probably by Michael Stapleton, of delicate late C28 plasterwork with a medallion of Minerva attended by a kneeling hero. The dining room, in the wing, is. Large simple room with a curved bow. Richard Nevill, MP, also landscaped the grounds. At his deat 1822, Furness passed to his daughter and heiress, the wife of Edward Dering. Later it was sold to the Beauman family. In 1897, by which time it had become very dilapidated, it was bought by N.J. Synnott, who carried out a thorough – and for those days, remarkably sympathetic – restoration. The vista from the entrance front of the house is now terminated by a column formerly at Dangan, Co Meath, the boyhood home of the great Duke of Wellington. It was brought here and erected 1962, as a 21st birthday present to Mr David Synnott from his father. The house features in the film of the Somerville and Ross Irish RM stories. Mr David Synnott sold Furness 1987.” [1]
[1] Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.
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I hope your year has started well. Here is a list of the Section 482 houses I have yet to visit – provided they are on future Section 482 lists. I am separating out tourist accommodation. The list unfortunately is usually published in late February, so we have a while to wait to see what properties will be on it this year.
As you can see, although I have visited more than 100 Section 482 properties, I still have over fifty to go! So, lots of travel for myself and Stephen. Below my places yet to visit, I have chosen twelve sites, to visit one per month, if we can manage that.
Happy visiting!
February
Griesemount House , Ballitore, Co. Kildare, R14 WF64
Open dates in 2026: Apr 5-6, 12, 19, 26, May 3-4, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 30-31, June 1, 6-7, 12, 14,20-21, 27-28, July 4-5,11-12,18,19, 25-26, Aug 1-3, 8-9,15-23, 29-30, Sept 5-6,12-13,19-20, 26-27, Oct 4,10,18, 25-26, 1pm-5pm
Fee: Garden and Museum With steam adult €20, OAP €15, (Sun and Bank Holidays),No steam (Sat) adult €15, OAP €10, Museum only -with steam, adult €15, OAP €10 (Sun and Bank Holidays), No steam (Sat) adult €10, OAP €7, Garden only –adult/OAP €7, student/child free
May
Kiltimon House, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow
Open dates in 2026: Feb 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27, Mar 3, 6, 10, 13, 20, 24, 27, 31, Apr 10, 14, 17, 21,24, 28, May 5, 8-10, 12-13, 15-16, 19, 22, 26, June 9-10, 12-13, 16, 19, 23, 26, Aug 15-23, Sept 1, 4, 8, 11-12, 15, 18-19, 22, 25-26, 29, 9am-1pm
Fee: adult €10, OAP/student/child €5
Griesemount House , Ballitore, Co. Kildare, R14 WF64
Open dates in 2026: Jan 5-30, Feb 3-27, March 2-31, April 1-30, May 1-29, June 2-30, July 1-31, August 1-31, Sept 1-30, Oct 1-30, Nov 2-30, Dec 1-19 Mon-Fri, National Heritage Week, Aug 15-23, 10am-5pm
Fee: Free
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Brookhill House, Brookhill, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
Open dates in 2026: Mar 13-26, Apr 17-25, June 12-26, July 8-24, Aug 15-23, 2pm-6pm
Fee: adult €8, OAP/child/student €3, National Heritage Week free
Open dates in 2026: Jan 7 -31, Feb 4-28, Mar 4-31. Nov 4-30, Dec 2-20, Wed-Sat, Apr 2-30. May1-31, Sept 1-30, Oct 1-31, Tues-Sun, June 2-30, July 1-31, Aug 1-31, Mon-Sun All Day
Fee: adult €7.50, family €18- up to 2 adults and 3 children
November
The Old Rectory, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick
Open dates in 2026: May 2-Nov 29, Saturday and Sundays, National Heritage Week, Aug 15-23,
10am-2pm
Fee: adult €8, child/OAP/student €3
December
Kilcarbry Mill Engine House, Sweetfarm, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, Y21 F7YD
Open dates in 2026: Feb 4-5, 8-11, Mar 11-12, 16-19, May 10-11, 22-31, July 4-5, 13-14, Aug 3-30, Dec 19-22 12 noon-4pm
Open dates in 2026: Jan 5-30, Feb 3-27, March 2-31, April 1-30, May 1-29, June 2-30, July 1-31, August 1-31, Sept 1-30, Oct 1-30, Nov 2-30, Dec 1-19 Mon-Fri, National Heritage Week, Aug 15-23, 10am-5pm
Fee: Free
Newtown Castle, photograph courtesy of National Library of Ireland.
Cork
Ashton Grove, Ballingohig, Knockraha, Co. Cork, T56 V220
Open dates in 2026: Jan 7-31, Feb 4-28, Mar 4-31. Nov 4-30, Dec 2-20, Wed-Sat, Apr 2-30. May1-31, Sept 1-30, Oct 1-31, Tues-Sun, June 2-30, July 1-31, Aug 1-31, Mon-Sun All Day
Fee: adult €7.50, family €18- up to 2 adults and 3 children
Open dates in 2026: June 2-30, Tues-Fri, July 1-31, Tue-Sat, Aug 4-23, 10am-2pm
Fee: adult €10, entrance fee is a voluntary donation in honesty box at door
Farm Complex, Killeek, St Margaret’s, Co. Dublin
Open dates in 2026: Jan 9-12, 16-19, 23-26, 30-31, Mon-Fri, 9.30pm-1.30pm, Sat-Sun, 1pm-5pm, May 11, 15-18, 29-31, June 5-8, 12-15, 19-22, Aug 14-23, Sept 11-12, 18-21, 25-28, Oct 16-19, 23-24, Mon- Fri 9.30am-1.30pm, Sat-Sun 2pm-6pm
Fee: adult €6, student/OAP/child €5
Knocknagin House – JULY
Coney Hill, Ballbriggan, Co Dublin, K32 YE00
Open dates in 2026: June 2 – 27, July 1 – 31, Aug 1-14, Tues – Sat, National Heritage Week, Aug 15-23, 9.30am-1.30pm
Fee: adult €15, students/OAP/child €10
Meander – AUG
Westminister Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18, D18 E2T9
Open dates in 2026: Jan 12-16, 19-23, 26-30, Feb 3-6, 9, May 1-2, 5-9, 25-30, June 2-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22, Aug 15-23, 9am-1pm
Open dates in 2026: Jan 12-16, 19-23, 26-27, 29-31, Feb 3, 5-8, May 1-5, 7-13, 21, 23-34, 26-27, June 25-29, July 2, 20-21, 23-28, Aug 15-23, 8.30am -12.30pm
Open dates in 2026: Apr 5-6, 12, 19, 26, May 3-4, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 30-31, June 1, 6-7, 12, 14, 20-21, 27-28, July 4-5,11 12, 18, 19, 25-26, Aug 1-3, 8-9, 15-23, 29-30, Sept 5-6, 12-13,19-20, 26-27, Oct 4,10,18, 25-26, 1pm-5pm
Fee: Garden and Museum With steam adult €20, OAP €15, (Sun and Bank Holidays),
No steam (Sat) adult €15, OAP €10, Museum only -with steam, adult €15, OAP €10 (Sun and Bank Holidays), No steam (Sat) adult €10, OAP €7, Garden only – adult/OAP €7, student/child free
Templemills House
Newtown Road, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, W23 YK26
Open dates in 2026: Feb 2-24, May 1-31, Aug 16-24, 9am-1pm
Open dates in 2026: Jan 5-30 Mon-Fri 2.30pm-6.30pm, June 8-22 Mon-Fri 2.30-6.30pm, Aug 15-23 Mon-Sun 9am-1pm, Sept 7-22, Mon-Fri, 2.30pm-6.30pm, Sat-Sun, 9am-1pm
Fee: Free
Kilpeacon House, Crecora, Co. Limerick
Open dates in 2026: May 2-30, June 1-30, Mon-Sat, Aug 15-23, 10am-2pm
Open in 2026: Jan 7 -31, Feb 4-28, Mar 4-31. Nov 4-30, Dec 2-20, Wed-Sat, Apr 2-30. May1-31, Sept 1-30, Oct 1-31, Tues-Sun, June 2-30, July 1-31, Aug 1-31, Mon-Sun All Day
Fee: adult €7.50, family €18- up to 2 adults and 3 children
3. Brideweir House, Aghern, Conna, County CorkP51 FD36
Fee: adult €7, OAP/student/child €5, groups (10 or more) €5 per person
5. Woodford Bourne Warehouse, Sheares Street, CorkCity www.woodfordbournewarehouse.com Open: all year except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, 12 noon-10pm Fee: Free
6. Cavanacor House, Ballindrait, Lifford, Co. DonegalF93 F573 www.cavanacorgallery.ie Open dates in 2025: Feb 1-20, Aug 16-25, Sept 1-30, 1pm-5pm
7. 81 North King Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7 – no longer listed Open dates in 2025: Apr 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28-30, June 2-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-28, 30, Aug 1-2, 5-9, 11-30, 12 noon-4pm
Fee: Free
8. 10 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2, D02 YT54 Open dates in 2025: all year, 2pm-6pm
Fee: Free
9. Corke Lodge Garden, Shankill, Co. DublinA98 X264– garden only Postal address Woodbrook, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Open dates in 2025: June 2-27, Mon-Fri, July 1-26, Tue-Sat, Aug 4-24, 10am-2pm
Fee: adult €10, entrance fee is a voluntary donation in honesty box at door
10. Farm Complex, Toberburr Road, Killeek, St Margaret’s, Co. Dublin Open dates in 2025: Jan 10-12, 24-26, Mon-Fri, 9.30pm-1.30pm, Sat-Sun, 1pm-5pm, May 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, 23-26, 30-31, Aug 16-24, Sept 5-8, 12-13, 19-21, 26-29, Oct 10-12, 17-19, 24-27, Mon- Fri 9.30am-1.30pm, Sat-Sun 2pm-6pm, Nov 8-9, 22-23, Mon-Fri, 9.30-1.30, Sat-Sun, 1pm-5pm
Fee: adult €6, student/OAP/child €5
11. Knocknagin House, Coney Hill, Ballbriggan, Co Dublin, K32 YEC0: October
Open dates in 2025: June 22-28, July 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, 29-31, Aug 16-24, Sept 2-6, 9-13, 16-20, 29-30, Oct 1-4, 9.30am-1.30pm
Fee: adult €10, students, OAP/groups €5
12. Meander, Westminister Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18, D18 E2T9: January
Open dates in 2025: Jan 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27-31, May 1-3, 6-10, 26-31, June 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23, Aug 16-24, 9am-1pm
Fee: adult €5, OAP/child/student €2
13. Tibradden House, Mutton Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16D16 XV97: March
Open dates in 2025: Jan 7-17, 24, Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 21, 24, Apr 4, May 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23, 29-30, June 13-15, 19-22, 25-28, Aug 15-24, Sept 3-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27, Jan-Apr, May-June, Aug, 2pm-6pm, Feb and Sept, 10am-2pm
Fee: adult €8, student/OAP/group €5
14. Castle Ellen House, Athenry, Co. Galway – no longer listee http://www.castleellen.ie/ Open dates in 2025: Apr 6-9, 13-16, 20-23, 27-30, May 4-7, 11-14, 18-21, 25-28, June 1-4, 8-11, 15-18, 22-25, 29-30, July 1-2, Aug 16-24, 12 noon-4pm
Open dates in 2025: Feb 1-3, 7-10, 14-17, 21-24, 28, Mar 1-3, 7-10, 14-17, Apr 18-21, May 16-19, June 1-2, 6-9, 13-16, 20-23, 27-30, Aug 1-4, 8-11, 15-25, Feb-May, 12 noon-4pm, June and August, 11am-5pm, last entry 4.30pm
Fee: adult €10, OAP €9, student, €6, child €4 must be accompanied by adult, family €25 (2 adults and 2 children)
17. Tarbert House, Tarbert, Co. Kerry: No longer listed
Open dates in 2025: Jan 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-31, May 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-31, July 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28-30, Aug 1-2, 4-9, 11-31, 10am-12 noon, 2pm-4pm
Fee: adult/OAP/student €5, child free
18. Burtown House and Garden, Athy, Co. KildareR14 AE67: June
21. Moyglare Glebe, Moyglare, Maynooth, Co. Kildare W23K285 Open dates in 2025: Jan 13-17, 20-24, 27-31, Feb 4-7, 10, May 1-2, 6-18, 26-30, July 1-11, Aug 16-24, 8am-12 noon
Fee: adult €6, OAP/student/child €3
22. Steam Museum Lodge Park Heritage Centre, Lodge Park, Straffan, Co. Kildare: April
Open dates in 2025: May 21-31, June 1-30, Mon-Sat, July1-15, Aug 16-24, 11am-3pm
Fee: adult €5, student €3, child/OAP free
27. Ballaghmore Castle, Borris in Ossory, Co. Laois – no longer listed www.castleballaghmore.com Open dates in 2025: all year except Christmas Day, 11am-5pm
Fee: adult €15 with Guide, child over 7 years /OAP/student €8, family of 4 €30
28. Glebe House, Holycross, Bruff, Co. Limerick Open dates in 2025: Jan 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27-31, May 9-13, Aug 16-24, Sept 1-26, Mon-Fri, 2.30pm-6.30pm, Sat-Sun, 9am-1pm, National Heritage Week, Aug 16-24, 9am-1pm
Fee: Free
29. Kilpeacon House, Crecora, Co. Limerick Open dates in 2025: May 1-June 30, Mon-Sat, Aug 16-24, 10am-2pm
31. The Old Rectory, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick: November
Open dates in 2025: May 3-Nov 30, Saturday and Sundays, National Heritage Week, Aug 16-24,
10am-2pm
Fee: adult €8, child/OAP/student €3
32. Moorhill House, Castlenugent, Lisryan, Co. Longford Open dates in 2025: Aug 1-31, Sept 1-29, 9.30am-1.30pm Fee: adult/OAP/student/child €8
33. Brookhill House, Brookhill, Claremorris, Co. Mayo: July
Open dates in 2025: Mar 13-26, Apr 17-25, June 12-26, July 8-24, Aug 15-26, 2pm-6pm
Fee: adult €8, OAP/student €4, National Heritage Week free
34. Old Coastguard Station, Rosmoney, Westport, Co. Mayo www.jamescahill.com/coastguardstation.html Open dates in 2025: July 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28-31, Aug 1-2, 4-9,11-30, Sept 1-6, 11am-4pm
Fee: adult €1, child/OAP/student free
35. Mullan Village and Mill, Mullan, Emyvale, Co. Monaghan
Open dates in 2025: May 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, June 9-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28-29, July 7-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-27, Aug 11-31, Sept 1-4, 2.30pm-6.30pm,
Fee: adult €15, OAP/student €10, child €5, 4 adults €50, 2 adults and 2 children €35
42. Silversprings House, Clonmel, Co. TipperaryE91 NT32 Open dates in 2025: May 1-31, June 1-30, Aug 16-24, 12 noon-4pm
Fee: adult €5, OAP €4, student €3, child free
43. The Presentation Convent, Waterford Healthpark, Slievekeel Road, Waterford Open dates in 2025: Jan 2- Dec 23, 29-30, Mon-Fri, National Heritage Week Aug 16-24, closed Bank Holidays, 8.30am-5.30pm
Fee: Free
44. Lough Park House, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath Open dates in 2025: Mar 15-21, 28-31, Apr 18-21, May 1-7, June 1-9, July 12-25, Aug 1-7, 16-24,
2pm-6pm
Fee: adult €6
45. Rockfield Ecological Estate, Rathaspic, Rathowen, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath Open dates in 2025: May 20-30, June 15-30, July 20-30, Aug 15-30, Sept 1-20, 2pm-6pm
Fee: Free
46. St. John’s Church, Loughstown, Drumcree, Collinstown, Co. Westmeath – no longer listed Open in 2025: July 1-31, Aug 1-30, 2pm-6pm
Fee: adult €10, OAP/student/child €5
47. Clougheast Cottage, Carne, Co. Wexford
Open dates in 2025: Jan 12-31, May 1-31, August 16-24, 9am-1pm
Fee: adult €5, child/OAP/student €2.50
48. Kilcarbry Mill Engine House, Sweetfarm, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford: December
Open dates in 2025: Jan 1-4, 29-31, Feb 3-5, Mar 5-7, 10-11, Apr 3-4, 11-13, May 10-12, 19-23, July 5-7, Aug 2-31, Dec 19-23, 27-30, 12 noon-4pm
Fee: adult €10, student/OAP €5, child free
49. Greenan More, Ballintombay,Rathdrum, Co Wicklow www.greenanmore.ie Open dates in 2025: May 31, June 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25-29, July 2-6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 30-31, Aug 1-3, 6-10, 13-24, 10am-3pm
Fee: adult €6, OAP €5, child €3, student free
50. Kiltimon House, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow: February
Open dates in 2025: Jan 6- 8, 10, 13-15, 17, 20-22, 24, 27-29, 31, Feb 4, 7, 11, 14, May 6, 9, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-24, 27, June 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, Aug 16-24, Sept 2, 5-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15, 19-20, 22-23, 26-27, 30, 9am-1pm, Jan 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29, Sept 8, 15, 22,
2pm-6pm
Fee: adult €10, OAP/student/child €5
51. Kingston House, Rathdrum, Co. WicklowA67 DV25 Open dates in 2025: Aug 1-31, Sept 1-30, 10am-2pm Fee: adult €3, OAP/student/child €2, concession-locals are free of charge
52. Knockanree Garden Avoca, Co. Wicklow Y14 DY89 https://knockanree-gardens.business.site/?m=true Open dates in 2025: Apr 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, June 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, July 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, Aug 10-24, 9.30am-1.30pm
Fee: Free
TOP 12: One per month:
January:
Meander, Westminister Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18, D18 E2T9 Open dates in 2025: Jan 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27-31, May 1-3, 6-10, 26-31, June 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23, Aug 16-24, 9am-1pm
Fee: adult €5, OAP/child/student €2
February:
Kiltimon House, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow Open dates in 2025: Jan 6- 8, 10, 13-15, 17, 20-22, 24, 27-29, 31, Feb 4, 7, 11, 14, May 6, 9, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-24, 27, June 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, Aug 16-24, Sept 2, 5-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15, 19-20, 22-23, 26-27, 30, 9am-1pm, Jan 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29, Sept 8, 15, 22,
2pm-6pm
Fee: adult €10, OAP/student/child €5
March:
Tibradden House, Mutton Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16D16 XV97 Open dates in 2025: Jan 7-17, 24, Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 21, 24, Apr 4, May 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23, 29-30, June 13-15, 19-22, 25-28, Aug 15-24, Sept 3-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27, Jan-Apr, May-June, Aug, 2pm-6pm, Feb and Sept, 10am-2pm
Fee: adult €8, student/OAP/group €5
April:
Steam Museum Lodge Park Heritage Centre, Lodge Park, Straffan, Co. Kildare: April
www.steam-museum.com Open dates in 2025: Apr 19-21, 26-27, May 3-5, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 31, June 12, 14-15, 18, 21-22, 28-29, July 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 26-27, Aug 2-4, 9-10, 16-24, 30-31, Sept 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28, Oct 5,12, 19, 26-27, 1pm-5pm
Fee: Garden and Museum, adult/OAP €15, €20 with steam, student/child free
May:
Tarbert House, Tarbert, Co. Kerry Open dates in 2025: Jan 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-31, May 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-31, July 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28-30, Aug 1-2, 4-9, 11-31, 10am-12 noon, 2pm-4pm
Fee: adult/OAP/student €5, child free
June:
Burtown House and Garden, Athy, Co. KildareR14 AE67 www.burtownhouse.ie Open dates in 2025: June 4-7, 11-14, 18-21, 25-28, July 2-5, 9-12, 16-19, 23-26, 30-31, August 1-2, 6-9, 13-24, 27-30, Sept 3-6, 10am-2pm
Fee: adult €10, OAP/student/child €5
July:
Brookhill House, Brookhill, Claremorris, Co. Mayo Open dates in 2025: Mar 13-26, Apr 17-25, June 12-26, July 8-24, Aug 15-26, 2pm-6pm
Fee: adult €8, OAP/student €4, National Heritage Week free
August:
Griesemount House, Ballitore, Co KildareR14 WF64 www.griesemounthouse.ie Open dates in 2025: Feb 9-28, May 11-30, June 23-30, July 1-4, Aug 16-24, 2pm-6pm
September:
Redwood Castle, Redwood, Lorrha, Nenagh, North TipperaryE45 HT38
Open dates in 2025: May 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, June 9-12, 14-19, 21-26, 28-29, July 7-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-27, Aug 11-31, Sept 1-4, 2.30pm-6.30pm,
Fee: adult €15, OAP/student €10, child €5, 4 adults €50, 2 adults and 2 children €35
October:
Knocknagin House, Coney Hill, Ballbriggan, Co Dublin, K32 YEC0 Open dates in 2025: June 22-28, July 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, 29-31, Aug 16-24, Sept 2-6, 9-13, 16-20, 29-30, Oct 1-4, 9.30am-1.30pm
Fee: adult €10, students, OAP/groups €5
November:
The Old Rectory, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick Open dates in 2025: May 3-Nov 30, Saturday and Sundays, National Heritage Week, Aug 16-24,
10am-2pm
Fee: adult €8, child/OAP/student €3
December:
Kilcarbry Mill Engine House, Sweetfarm, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford Open dates in 2025: Jan 1-4, 29-31, Feb 3-5, Mar 5-7, 10-11, Apr 3-4, 11-13, May 10-12, 19-23, July 5-7, Aug 2-31, Dec 19-23, 27-30, 12 noon-4pm
Fee: adult €10, student/OAP €5, child free
Places listed as Tourist Accommodation (or not listed expressly as such but that’s what they are)
Loughnane’s, Main Street, Feakle, Co. Clare www.clareecolodge.ie Open dates in 2025: June 1-August 31, Wed-Sun, Aug 16-24, 2pm-6pm Fee: Free
Ballyvolane House, Castlelyons, County CorkP61 FP70 Tourist Accommodation Facility
Open dates in 2025: April 1-Sept 30, Jan, Feb Mar, Nov, Dec 3-20 Wed-Sat, Oct Tue-Sat
Fee: adult €7, family €18-2 adults and 3 children Although listed under Accommodation Facility they have a fee on this listing so if you contact them in advance perhaps they will give you a tour.
Ballyvolane, County Cork, photo taken 2014 for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.
Keel House, Keel, Castlemaine, Co. KerryV93 A6 Y3 (Tourist Accommodation Facility) Open for accommodation in 2025: April 1- Sept 30
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.”
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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Eastgrove, Cobh, Co Cork
Eastgrove, Cobh, Co Cork, courtesy National Inventory.
p. 118. “(Bagwell/IFR; Jenkinson, B/PB) An early C19 house in the “Cottage Gothic” style overlooking East Ferry, a heavily-wooded backwater of Cork Harbour; built by Dorcas (nee Bagwell), wife of Benjamin Bousfield, on land which had belonged to her mother’s family, the Harpers of Belgrove. Shallow gables with bargeboards; trellised iron verandah on front overlooking Ferry. A polygonal tower, with an eaved roof, was subsequently added at one end of the house and known as Wellington Tower. It contains a large and impressive dining room with curved walls. There is also a large and handsome drawing room. At one side of the house is a range of castellated outbuildings, with a slender tower like a folly; there is another tower in the woods...” [1]
Ecclesville, Fintona, County Tyrone
p. 118. “(Eccles, sub McClintock/LGI1912; Lecky-Browne-Lecky, sub Browne, IFR) A plain late-Georgian house… Now a home for the elderly.” [1]
Echlinville House (afterwards Rubane House), Kircubbin, County Down
p. 118. “(Echlin/LGI1912) An early to mid-C18 house, largely rebuilt 1850; but the library, a four bay pavilion with Ionic pilasters and Gothic astragals in its windows, survives from the earlier house; inside is a vaulted ceiling with two floating domes. In the grounds there is a small Classical bridge and a pebble house with pinnacles. Subsequently the seat of a branch of the Cleland family, its name being changed to Rubane House.” [1]
Eden Vale, Ennis, Co Clare
Eden Vale, County Clare, photograph courtesy Sothebys.
p. 118. “[Stacpoole/IFR] A C18 house, enlarged and embellished during 2nd half of C19 by Richard Stacpoole. Irregular entrance front with three bays on one side of tower-like central feature, and four bays on the other. Porch with pilasters and pierced parapet. At the end of the house are two Venetian windows, one on top of the other. Sold ca. 1930; now an old peoples’ home.” [1] It is no longer an old peoples’ home.
Edenfel, Omagh, County Tyrone
p. 118. “(Buchanan, sub Hammond-Smith/IFR) A Victorian house with gables and bargeboards…” [1]
Edenmore, Stranorlar, Co Donegal
Edenmore House, Ballybofey, County Donegal, photograph courtesy Rainey Estate Agents Oct 2024.
p. 118. “(Cochrane/IFR) A two storey gable-ended late C18 house. Front with three sided central bow and one bay on either side of it. The house is flanked by detached office wings running back, one much longer than the other; the front ends of these wings have three sided bows, matching the bow in the centre of the house; they are linked to the house by walls, forming one long elevation...” [1]
Edermine House, Enniscorthy, County Wexford
Edermine House, Enniscorthy, County Wexford courtesy of National InventoryEdermine, County Wexford, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
p. 118. “(Power, sub O’Reilly/IFR) A two storey Italianate villa by John B. Keane, built ca 1839 for the Powers, owners of the firm of John Power & Son, Distillers, of Dublin. Eaved roof on bracket cornice; three bay front with pillared porch, and triangular pediments over downstairs windows. Five bay side elevation, with a central Venetian window recessed in a giant blind arch. Grecian interior, fluted Doric columns in hall, paired Ionic columns and pilasters on staircase landing. A Gothic chapel was subseqnetnly built at one side of the house to the design of A.W. Pugin, a family friend; it was originally free-standing, but was afterwards joined to the house by an addition at the bck which includes a small Italianate campanile. At right angles to the chapel, a magnificent early Victorian iron conservatory, gracefully curving in the Crystal Palace manner, was built; probably by the Malcolmson Works in Waterford, or the Hammersmith Iron Works in Dublin; it is joined to the corner of the chapel by a cast iron verandah.” [1]
Edgeworthstown House, Edgeworthstown, County Longford – nursing home
Edgeworthstown Manor, County Longford, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
p. 118. “(Edgeworth/LGI1912; Montagu, sub Manchester, D/PB) An early 18th century house built by Richard Edgeworth MP, with small windows, low, wainscoted rooms and heavy cornices; much enlarged and modernized after 1770 by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, the inventor, writer on education and improving landlord, father of Maria Edgeworth, the novelist.
It comprises two storeys over a basement, with two adjoining fronts; prominent roof and dentil cornice. The entrance front has three bays between two triple windows in the upper storey, with doorway in a pillared recess between two shallow single-storey curved bows below; in the Victorian period, the right-hand triple window was replaced by two windos and the right hand bow by a rectangular single-storey projection. Adjoining front has a three-bay breakfront which rises above the roofline as a pedimented attic, and two bays either side. On the ground floor, Richard Lovell edgworth enlarged the rooms by throwing them into single-storey three bay rectangular projections, linked in the centre by an arcaded loggia; in the Victorian period one of the projections was replaced by a glass lean-to conservatory, and the loggia was removed. Curved top-lit staircase in centre of house.
In Richard Lovell Edgeworth’s time, the house was full of labour-saving devices: sideboards with wheels, pegs for footwear in hall, leather straps to prevent doors banging, a water pump which automatically dispensed 1/2d to beggars for each half-hour that they worked it. Inherited 1926 by Mrs. C.F. Montagu (nee Sanderson) whose mother was an Edgeworth; sold by her to Mr Bernard Noonan, who bequeathed it to an order of nuns, by whom it is used as a nursing home; the exterior of the house being much altered, and the interior gutted and rebuilt.” [1]
Edgeworthstown Manor, County Longford, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Edgeworthstown House, Edgeworthstown, Longford courtesy National Inventory
Edgeworthstown Rectory, Edgeworthstown, County Longford
Old Rectory Edgeworthstown, photograph courtesy Murtagh Brothers Estate Agents2024.
p. 119. P. 119. “(Edgeworth/LGI1958) A two storey three bay gable-ended early C18 house. The birthplace of Henry Essex Edgeworth, better known as Abbe Edgeworth de Fermont, who attended Louis XVI to the scaffold.” [1]
Edmondsbury, (formerly Newtown), Co Laois
Edmondsbury, (formerly Newtown), Co Laois courtesy National Inventory
p. 119. “(Butler, now Butler-Bloss/IFR) A house probably built by Edmond Butler soon after 1734. Good chimneypiece in hall. Sold 1910.” [1]
Edmondstown (Bishop’s Palace), Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon
Edmondstown (Bishop’s Palace or St. Nathy’s), Ballaghaderreen Co Roscommon, photograph from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
p. 119. “A high Victorian house of stone with brick polychromy; pointed windows, pyramidal roofed turret.” [1]
Eglantine, Hillsborough, County Down
“(Mulholland, sub Dunleath, B/PB) A nineteenth century house with a remarkable double-ramped staircase.” [1]
Eglington Manor House, County Derry
Manor House Eglinton, photograph courtesy Pauline Elliott Estate Agents.
p. 119. Eglinton, Manor House, County Derry: “(Davidson/IFR) A two storey late-Georgian house with an eaved roof and a fanlighted doorway, built by the London Company of Grocers, who owned and developed the village of Eglinton. Bought by James Davidson ca. 1840, and subsequently enlarged by the addition of a battlemented wing, with a snall battlemented turret at the junction of the wing and the original house. The wing and turret have large vemiculated quoins; and the original house has similar quoins.” [1]
Eglish Castle, Birr, County Offaly – a ruin
Eglish Castle, Birr, County Offaly photograph courtesy National Inventory.
p. 119. “A two storey house with a pediment.” [1]
Elm Hill, Ardagh, Co Limerick
Elm Hill, Ardagh, Co Limerick courtesy National Inventory.
p. 119. “(Studdert/IFR) A weather slated C18 house of two storeys over a high basement. Six bay front; pedimented doorway with sidelights. Archway of curving Baroque shape, the main arch being surmounted by a round-headed opening, at side of house, leading to yard.” [1]
Elm Park, Farran, Co Cork
p. 119. “(Ashe, sub Woodley/IFR) A two storey five bay early C19 house, the two left-hand bays of the front projecting forwards, with a glazed pilastered porch in the angle thus formed. The other end of the house is slightly curved. Eaved roof...” [1]
Elm Park, Clarina, Co Cork – demolished
p. 119. “(Massy, Clarina, B/PB1949) An irregular early C19 cut-stone castellated house, mostly of two storeys over a basement; with round and square towers… Now demolished, except for the gate arch.” [1]
The Elms, Portarlington, Co Laois
The Elms, Portarlington, Co Laois courtesy National Inventory.
p. 119. “(Stannus/IFR) A Georgian house consisting of a gable-ended centre of three storeys over a basement, with lower symmetrical wings. The centre with a three bay front and large fanlighted staircase window not centrally placed in its rear elevation. The home of Lt-Col T.R.A. Stannus, father of Dame Ninette de Valois, the ballerina and choreographer.” [1]
Ely Lodge, Castle Hume, County Fermanagh
Ely Lodge, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh for sale 2025 photograph courtesy Savills.
p. 119. “(on the same estate as Castle Hume) (Hume, Bt/EDB; Loftus, Ely, M/PB; Grosvenor, Westminster, D/PB) Richard Castle built his first Irish Palladian house here for Sir Gustavus Hume, Bt, MP 1729; it was named Castle Hume. Fine stable-court, with rusticated openings, some of them surmounted by oculi, and an interior of vaults supported by Doric columns, as at Strokestown. The estate subsequently passed to the Ely family though the marriage of the Hume heiress to Nicholas Loftus, afterwards 1st Earl of Ely. In 1830s a new house was built a couple of miles away, on a promontory in Lough Erne, by [John Loftus (1770-1845)] 2nd Marquess of Ely, and named Ely Lodge; to provide stone for it, the main block of Castle Hume was demolished, so that only the stable-court remains. Ely Lodge, which was to the design of William Farrell, consisted of a two storey five bay gable-ended block with Doric pilasters along its whole front and a Doric porch, the gable-ends being treated as pediments; at one end was a single-storey wing set back, with corner-pilasters and a curved pilastered bow in its side elevation. In 1870, Ely Lodge was blow up as part of 21st birthday celebrations of the 4th Marquess, who intended to build a new house; it is also said that he blew the house up in order to avoid having Queen Victoria stay. In the event, the new house was never built, doubtless for the reason that the young Lord Ely spent too much money on rebuilding his other seat, Loftus Hall, County Wexford. The former stables at Ely Lodge have since been extended to form a house, which is the Irish seat of the Duke of Westminster; it contains a number of interior features of the now demolished Eaton Hall, Cheshire.” [1]
Emell Castle, Moneygall, County Offaly
Emell Castle, County Offaly, courtesy of National Inventory.
p. 119. “(Stoney/IFR) A large C16 tower-house of the O’Carrolls, with a gable-ended C18 house of two storeys over a basement and five bays built onto the front of it. Fanlighted doorway. The C18 addition was almost certainly built by Captain Robert Johnstone, who bought the property 1782 and left it at his death 1803 to his nephew, Thomas Stoney. Some work was carried out on both the tower and the house during C19, without altering the original character of either.” [1]
Emo Court, (also known as Emo Park), Portarlington, County Laois – OPW
Emsworth, Malahide Road, Kinsealy, County Dublin, Kinsealy, Co. Dublin, for sale July 2025 photograph courtesy of Sherry Fitzgerald.
p. 121. “The only one of James Gandon’s villas to survive intact; built ca. 1790 for J. Woodmason, a Dublin wholesale stationer. A pediment extends over the whole length of the two storey three bay centre, which is flanked by single storey one bay overlapping wings. Fanlighted doorway under porch of engaged Doric columns and engablature; ground floor windows of centre, and windows of wings, set in arched recesses. Chimney urns on wings.…” [1]
Enniscoe House, Co Mayo – section 482 plus accommodation
Ennismore, Cork, Co Cork – owned by religious order
“(Leycester/LG1952) An early C19 single-storey “villa in the cottage style” with wrought iron verandahs, facing down the Lee estuary. Long and wide hall, running through the middle of the house; large and lofty reception rooms, which formerly contained a notable collection of pictures. Sold ca 1952, now owned by a religious order.” [1]
Ennistymon House, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, now part of the Falls Hotel
Falls Hotel, formerly Ennistymon House, County Clare, photograph for Failte Ireland, 2021. [see Ireland’s Content Pool].Ennistymon House, County Clare, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Erindale, County Carlow, courtesy of Jordan Residential.
p. 121. “(Vigors/LGI1912; Alexander/IFR) A remarkable two storey red-brick house of ca 1800, with a Gothic flavour and an ingenious plan made up of curved bows; so that one of the two bows on the entrance front serves as one of the end-bows of the adjoining elevation, which itself has a single centre bow. The windows in the entrance front are pointed; first floor centre window, and also two cntre ground-floor windows of the bows, being Venetian windows made Gothic. There is a very large semi-circular fanlight extending over the door and side-lights, with elaborate fancy glazing whith Dr Craig considers to be original. Wide eaved roof.” [1]
Errew Grange, Crossmolina, Co Mayo
Errew Grange, County Mayo courtesy of National Inventory.
p. 122. “(Knox) A large plain Victorian Gothic house on a peninsula jutting out into Lough Conn; rather similar to Mount Falcon, and, like it, probably by James Franklin Fuller; built ca 1870s. Became a hotel and gutted by fire 1930s, recently half rebuilt, also as an hotel.” [1]
Esker House, Lucan, Co Dublin – gone
p. 122. “A two storey Georgian house with a five bay centre and two sided bow at either side, the bows being of the same height as the centre, but with their upper storey windows close to the cornice so as to make the ground floor look higher. Small porch….” [1]
Eureka House, Townparks, Co Meath
Everton House, Crockaun, Co Laois
Everton House, Crockaun (or Oldderrig), Co Laois courtesy National Inventory
p. 122. “ A two storey C18 house with front consisting of two deep curved bows separated by one bay with a fanlighted doorway; with an additional bay to the left of the left-hand bow and a curved end-bow. Later two storey wing prolonging the front to the right of the right-handed bow...” [1]
Evington House, Carlow, Co Carlow
Evington House, Newgarden, Carlow, Co Carlow courtesy National Inventory.
p. 122. “A two storey three bay late-Georgian house with an eaved roof. Doorway with large fanlights extending over door and sidelights.” [1]
Eyrecourt, Co Galway – ‘lost’
Eyrecourt, County Galway, c. 1890. Photograph copy: 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.
p. 122. “Eyre/IFR) One of the only two important mid-C17 Irish country houses to survive intact into the present century, the other being Beaulieu, Co Louth. Built 1660s; of brick faced with rendered rubble. Of two storeys, with a dormered attic in the high, wide-eaved sprocketed roof; seven bay entrance front, with three bay pedimented breakfront centre; six bay side. Massive wooden modillion cornice. Splendid if somewhat bucolic doorcase of wood, with Corinthian pilasters, an over-wide entablature, carved scrolls, a mask and an elliptical light over the door surrounded by a frame of foliage. Windows with C18 Gothic glazing. Richly decorated interior. Hall divided by screen of arches and primitive wooden Corinthian columns from vast and magnificent carved oak staircase with two lower ramps adn a single central return leading up to a landing with elaborately moulded panelling and a plasterwork ceiling… staircase went to Detroit Institute of Arts, having been removed there after the house was left to decay from 1920 onwards, since when it has fallen into ruin.” [1]
[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.
I have been exploring the beautiful photographs of Robert French in the National Library of Ireland this week. The Dictionary of Irish Biography tells us about the wonderful photographer who took such clear precisely composed photographs:
“French, Robert (1841–1917), photographer, was born 11 November 1841 in Dublin, eldest of the seven children of William French, a court messenger, and Ellen French (née Johnson). At the age of nineteen, in September 1860, he joined the Constabulary (later RIC) as a sub-constable, giving his occupation as ‘porter’. He was stationed at the barracks at Glenealy, Co. Wicklow. Having served almost two years, he resigned in August 1862.“
All Hallow’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“French next found employment in Dublin as a photographic printer, possibly at the portrait studio operated by John Fortune Lawrence at 39 Grafton Street. He later joined the more successful studio run by John Fortune’s brother, William Mervin Lawrence (1840–1932), which opened at 7 Upper Sackville (later O’Connell) Street in March 1865. Progressing upwards through the grades of printer, colourer-retoucher and assistant photographer, he attained the rank of photographer in the mid-1870s. Meanwhile, William Mervin Lawrence had developed a lucrative trade in the sale of topographical views and he gave French the task of providing a comprehensive range of scenic photographs representing all parts of the country. French performed this role with dedication and distinction for almost forty years until his retirement in 1914.
“French’s function was to provide photographs for a market that favoured views of picturesque landscapes, seaside resorts, and the streets of cities, towns, and villages. Lawrence was in charge of marketing strategy and planned French’s itineraries, but French selected the individual views. He travelled throughout the country, identifying and photographing appropriate subjects, generating stocks of negatives from which Lawrence’s printers produced multiple images for sale in the medium of prints, stereoscopic views, and lantern slides. The images were also widely used in commercial advertising and in publications designed for the tourist market, particularly in the extensive postcard trade that Lawrence developed in the late 1890s. As people wanted views that were up-to-date, many of the images, particularly those of urban scenes, were periodically retired and replaced, the replacements almost invariably being taken from the same optimum viewpoint. The photographs presented the more positive aspects of Ireland and contemporary Irish life, with evidence of social deprivation appearing only incidentally, and with few instances of social or political conflict other than a relatively small number of eviction scenes.“
Eviction scene, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“French married, 1 December 1863, at St Peter’s church, Dublin, Henrietta Jones, daughter of Griffith Jones, a farmer at Newcastle, Co. Wicklow. The couple had eleven children, some of whom long afterwards recalled their father as a fervent unionist, fond of singing rather loudly in the congregation at St Patrick’s cathedral, and infuriatingly painstaking when taking family photographs. He is portrayed in a number of his own photographs as a dignified figure with a fine full beard. In his later years he lived on Ashfield Avenue, Ranelagh. He died 24 June 1917.
“While French played a central role in the success of the Lawrence firm, which dominated the photographic trade nationally for a generation, his historical significance arises from the extensive archive of surviving negatives. These make up the greater part of the Lawrence collection (held by the National Photographic Archive in Dublin), amounting to approximately 30,000 of the 45,000 images in the collection. They reveal him as a talented and extremely competent photographer. His compositions presented sites to best advantage, and the images are invariably sharp and engaging and suggest the inherent atmosphere of the place. The predominant factor, however, is that the photographs provide an invaluable visual record of urban and rural Ireland over a period of almost forty years. They document the process of change and modernisation in various aspects of environment and society, reflecting the considerable economic and social progress in the decades of relative peace and prosperity leading up to the first world war. While engaged in the relatively mundane profession of commercial photographer, French emerged as one of the foremost chroniclers of his generation, albeit unwittingly, and endowed posterity with a unique cultural and educational resource.” [2]
Derryquin, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
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.”
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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Daisy Hill (see Roe Park), Derry
Dalgan Park, Kilmaine, Co Mayo
“A two storey early C19 Classical house of cut limestone. Nine bay front, the three centre bays being framed by Ionic pilasters; medallion and plaque over entrance door. Parapeted roof. Bow at end. Impressive hall with Corinthian columns, lit by dome.” [1]
Dalyston, Loughrea, Co Galway – ‘lost’
Dalyston, County Galway c. 1970, 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.Dalyston, Loughrea, Co Galway courtesy National Inventory
“A good three storey late C18 house built for Rt Hon Denis Daly, MP. Three bay entrance front, of cut stone; tripartite doorcase with pilasters and pediment extending over door and sidelights; plain window surrounds. Deep and elaborately moulded roof cornice. Plain five bay side elevation. Small room off hall with decorated ceiling… Now a ruin.” [1]
Damer House, Roscrea, Co Tipperary – open to public
Danesfort (formerly Clanwilliam House), Belfast, County Antrim
“One of the finest High-Victorian mansions in Ireland, built 1864 for Samuel Barbour to the design of William J. Barre. Described by Mr Brett as “a sort of a French-Italian chateau”; dominated by a tall and very ornate tower with a mansard roof resting on an arcade of what Mr Brett calls “square cabbage columns” which constitutes a porte-cochere.” [1]
Danesfort, County Kilkenny
Danesfort, County Kilkenny courtesy of Mark Bence-Jones.
“A two storey C18 house with a handsome front of two bays on either side of a pedimented centre, with a Venetian window above a round-headed doorway between two windows. Blocked window surrounds; heavy roof cornice with urns; round-headed window in pediment. The two bays on either side of the centre were treated as pavilions and carried up into the attic storey by a lunette; these were later raised and battlemented to give the impression of Gothic towers, which, like the entrance gates of Castle Martyr, revealed themselves to be no more than stage scenery when viewed from the side... Now demolished.” [1]
Dangan Castle, Trim, Co Meath – a ruin
“The seat of the Wesley family, inherited by Richard Colley who assumed the name of Wesley (which later became Wellesley) and was created Lord Mornington; his son, 1st Earl of Mornington, was the father of the great Duke of Wellington, who, according to tradition, was born here. The house appears to have been early to mid C18, of two storeys and with a solid roof parapet; it was described (1739) as having “a noble piazza of seven curious turned arches in front of it.” Near the house was a stable block with central turret and pedimented ends. The grounds were said to (1739) to boast of at least 25 obelisks, a Rape of Prosperine weighing three tons, and a fort with cannon which fired salutes on family birthdays down by the lake; where three vessels – a 20 ton mar of war, a yacht and a packet boat – rode at anchor.” [1]
Daramona House, Street, Co Westmeath
The National Inventory tells us it is: “Three-bay two-storey country house, built c.1855, with a projecting tetrastyle cut stone Doric entrance porch to the centre of the front facade. A very fine and elegant mid nineteenth-century Italianate essay with the rear pavilions adding substance this medium-sized house. It is one of the most attractive houses of its type and date in Westmeath.”
Dartrey House (formerly Dawson’s Grove), Co Monaghan – demolished
Dartrey House (formerly Dawson’s Grove), County Monaghan, courtesy of Archiseek.
“A large Elizabethan-Revival mansion by William Burn, built in 1846 to replace an earlier house of about 1770.…The Elizabethan-Revival mansion which took the place of this house, built by Richard Dawson, 3rd Lord Cremorne and later 1st Earl of Dartrey, had long and somewhat monotonous elevations of curvilinear gables, mullioned windows and oriels, with, sporadically, a square turret and cupola. There were numerous Tudor chimneys, a generous application of strapwork and a two-tier terrace along the garden front with many yards of latticed balustrading.” [1]
“A plain three storey Georgian block, with a five bay front and sides of five and four bays; extended at back by two storey wings, to form a small three sided court. The entrance front has a magnificent doorway with a delicately leaded fanlight and side-lights, engaged Ionic columns and a baseless pediment extending over all. Late C18 and C19 interior plasterwork.” [1]
Dawson’s Grove (see Dartrey House), Co Monaghan
Dean’s Hill, Armagh, County Armagh
“Formerly the Deanery. A Georgian house built 1772-74 by Very Rev Hugh Hamilton, Dean (C of I) of Armagh, subsequently Bishop of Clonfert and Bishop of Ossory; altered 1887 under the supervision of J.H. Fullerton; a wing added 1896 to the design of H.C. Parkinson.” [1]
Debsborough, Nenagh, Co Tipperary
Deel Castle (see Castle Gore), Ballina, Co Mayo – lost
The Deeps, Crossabeg, Co Wexford
The Deeps, County Wexford, photograph courtesy Savills Ireland 2018.
Deerfield (United States Ambassador’s Residence), Dublin
“A house originally built 1776 by Sir John Blaquiere, MP (afterwards raised to 1st Lord de Blaquiere), Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant and one of the leading figures in the political life of Ireland during later C18; in a demesne carved out of Phoenix Park which he obtained on the strength of being the Park’s bailiff. In 1782, he was asked to surrender the house and grounds in return for some compensation, and the house became the official residence of the Chief Secretary, the principal executive of the government of Ireland under British rule. The house was enlarged and altered at various times, but has a predominantly late-Georgian character; of two storeys, with a bowed projection at either end of its principal front. Along this front is a fine enfilade of reception rooms. A large glass conservatory was added at one end 1852 by Lord Naas (afterwards 6th Earl of Mayo and Viceroy of India), while he was Chief Secretary. Later in the century, probably 1865 during the Chief Secretaryship of Chichester Fortescue (afterwards Lord Carlingford), the two bowed projections were joined by a single-storey corridor, into which were thrown the centre rooms, making them much deeper; the main wall of the house being carried by Ionic columns. The house became afterwards the United States Legation 1927, afterwards the Embassy.” [1] And it’s now the Ambassador’s Residence.
Delaford, Rathfarnham, Co Dublin – ‘lost’
“A three storey house, originally an inn, onto which an elegant single storey bow ended front was built ca 1800 by Alderman Bermingham. The front is of five bays, the two bays on either side breaking forwards; the slightly recessed centre being emphasised by two urns on the parapet. In the centre is a very wide fanlighted tripartite doorway, the segmental fanlight extending over the door and the sidelights, which have curving astragals. Large bow-ended rooms on either side of the hall.” [1]
Delamont Park, Killyleagh, County Down
“A mildly Tudor-Revival early to mid c-19 house, rather like a simplified version of one of Richard Vitruvius Morrison’s Tudor houses. Of two storeys, plus an attic with dormer-gables. Front with central polygonal bow, raised above the skyline to give the effect of a tower, flanked by two narrow oriels topped by dormer-gables. Irregular gabled side elevation, considerably longer than front. Slender polygonal turret with cupola at back of house. Altered 1968, to the design of Mr Arthur Jury.” [1]
Delville, Glasnevin, Co Dublin – ‘lost’
Delville, County Dublin, eating parlour c. 1950, photograph: Phyllis Thompson. Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
“A two storey early C18 house with five bay front… In C18 the seat of Dr Patrick Delany, Dean of Down, whose wife was the famous Mrs Delany, the letter writer and autobiographer. Together, they landscaped the grounds…It had a grotto, and an Ionic temple, which Mrs Delany painted with a fresco of St. Paul, and a medaliion bust of Mrs Johnson, “Stella”, who in the past used to come here with Swift. In 1837, Delville was the residence of S. Gordon. Towards end of C19, it was the residence of Sir Patrick Keenan, whose niece, Daisy, Countess of Fingall, a prominent figure in the Irish Revival as well as in Edwardian fashionable society, had her wedding reception here. The temple was demolished 1940s, and the house some time post 1951.” [1]
Delvin Lodge, Gormanston, Co Meath
“A plain three storey house with gables and dormer gables. Now a convent.” [1]
John Jameson acquired the Bow Street distillery in 1780 and by 1800 Jameson’s were the second largest producer of whiskey in Ireland and one of the largest in the world. James, the second son of John Jameson of Prussia Street, Dublin, established himself at Delvin Lodge.
In 1957 the Sisters of St. Clare acquired Delvin Lodge and opened a guest house for ladies needing a place for retirement but not requiring nursing care. The house was extended in the 1960s. The property is now in use as a privately operated nursing home.
Derk, Pallasgreen Co Limerick
Derk, Pallasgreen Co Limerick courtesy National Inventory
“A two storey house of ca 1770 with an eaved roof; five bay entrance front; pedimented and fanlighted Ionic doorcase; pedimented centre window above.” [1]
Derrabard, Omagh, County Tyrone
“A two storey Georgian house of rough stone blocks with ashlar facings…The house was derelict and falling into ruin by 1970.” [1]
Derreen House, Lauragh, County Kerry – garden section 482
Derry, Rosscarbery, County Cork photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A house of late Georgian appearance… A seat of the Townshends; inherited by Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend, wife of George Bernard Shaw, who sold it. Derry was the home of A.M.Sullivan, KC, the last Irish Serjeant-at-Law. It was burnt ca 1922.” [1]
Derrycarne, Dromod, Co Leitrim – derelict
Derrycarne, Dromod, Co Leitrim courtesy of Lord Belmont.
“A house on a promontory in the River Shannon between Lough Boderg and Lough Bofin, consisting of a two storey three bay bow-ended late Georgian front with Wyatt windows and an enclosed Doric porch; and a two storey 4 bay castellated wing extending back at right angles. Now derelict.” [1]
Derrylahan Park, Riverstown, Co Tipperary – burnt 1921
“A High Victorian house with steep gables and roofs, plate glass windows and decorative iron cresting on the ridges. Built 1862 at a cost of £15,000, to the design of Sir Thomas Newenham Deane. Burnt 1921.” [1]
Derrymore House, Bessbrook, County Armagh – National Trust, open to public
Derrymore House, County Armagh, courtesy of National Trust images, photographer Derek Croucher.
Derryquin Castle, Sneem, Co Kerry courtesy ArchiseekDerryquin, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Derryquin, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Derryvolgie, Lisburn, County Antrim
“A square two storey house of ca 1840 with an eaved roof and an iron veranda, built onto a cottage said to date from the early C18 or late C17. Enlarged 1898 by S.W. Ewart, who added a wing with three sided bow surmounted by a half-timbered gable. The interior appears to have been altered at about the same time: a large hall formed by making an arch between the staircase hall, which contains a curving staircase, and the adjoining room; both rooms being given fretted ceilings; while the drawing room was given a frieze of Georgian style plasterwork and an Adam Revival chimneypiece set under an inglenook arch. Sold 1972 by Sir Ivan Ewart, 6th and present Bt, to the Ministry of Defence.” [1]
Derryvoulin House, Woodford, Co Galway
Derryvoulin, County Galway, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A two storey three bay late C18 house. One bay breakfront; fanlighted doorway, surround with blocking. Ground floor wider than those above. Single-storey projection at side.” [1]
Desart Court/Dysart, Co Kilkenny – ‘lost’
Desart Court, County Kilkenny entrance front c. 1915, photograph: Milford Lewis, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
“A Palladian house consisting of a centre block of two storeys over basement joined to two storey wings by curved sweeps; built ca 1733 for John Cuffe, 1st Lord Desart, almost certainly to the design of Sir Edward Lovett Pearce. Centre block with seven bay front; central feature of four superimposed engaged Doric and Ionic columns and Doric entablature. Rusticated niche over rusticated doorway; ground floor windows also rusticated. Balustraded roof parapet; perron with double steps. Rusticated basement. Engaged Doric columns on curved sweeps. In the garden front of the centre block the entire lower storey was rusticated and the central feature consisted only of four engaged Ionic columns in the upper storey. there was also a balustraded parapet on this side and a large perron. Hall with wood dado, plasterwork panels, pedimented doorcases and ceiling of elaborate rococo plasterwork. In separate halls at each end of the house were two grand staircases with magnificent carved scroll balustrades; leading up to a bedroom corridor lit by a lantern. the drawing room, in the centre of the garden front, had a ceiling of rococo plasterwork similar to that in the hall. The house was burnt 1923, it was afterwards rebuilt by Lady Kathleen Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, daughter of 4th Earl of Desart; the architect of the rebuilding being Richard Orpen. Some years later, however, it was sold and then demolished.” [1]
Doe Castle, Creeslough, Co Donegal – can visit, OPW
Doe Castle, Donegal, photograph from Ireland’s Content Pool, photograph by Gardiner Mitchell, 2014, for Tourism Ireland.
Dollanstown or Dolanstown, County Meath, courtesy Savills.
“An early C18 house of two storeys and seven bays, with a central breakfront, a Venetian window and a tall pedimented doorcase. Brackets under eaves on one side rather similar to those at Eyrescourt Castle, Co Galway.” [1]
Dollardstown, Slane, Co Meath – a ruin
“A house grandly remodelled in red brick ca 1730 for Arthur Meredyth, probably by Richard Castle. Three storey over a high basement with a parapet-attic of blind windows above the cornice. Seven bay front, three bay breakfronted centre, with Castle’s favourite sequence of a blind oculus above a niche above the entrance doorway, which is pedimented and pillared. Two bay side elevation, with Venetian windows in both principal storeys, triple windows above and triple blind windows in the attic and also in the basement; which, instead of being brick faced with stone, is of stone faced with brick. The principal front is flanked by two tall pedimented pavilions. Passed by inheritance to the Somerville (Athlumney) family; occupied by a farmer as early as 1837. Now a ruin.” [1]
Dolly’s Grove, Dunboyne, County Meath
“A two storey late-Georgian house; three bay front, with ground floor windows set in arched recesses; four bay side. Oval staircase. In 1814, the residence of James Hamilton.” [1]
Donacomper, Celbridge, Co Kildare
Donacomper, County Kildare, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A house enlarged and very successfully remodelled in Tudor-Revival by William Kirkpatrick ca 1835.Simple elevations with partly-stepped gables, mullioned windows and hood-mouldings; polygonal lantern and cupola. Lofty hall with timbered ceiling. Drawing room funning full depth of house with good plasterwork ceiling. Library of great beauty; ribbed timber ceiling, oak bookcases with carving and Gothic tracery, original C19 wallpaper in brown and gold. Staircase newels carved to resemble swans.” [1]
“A medieval and C17 castle, with a bowed centre of ca 1800 by Richard Morrison. Medieval doorways and fireplaces in some rooms. Doric entablatures in others on the first floor. Castellated gateway. Bequeathed by Miss C.M. Aylmer 1935 to the Church of Ireland, by which is was subsequently sold. The castle is now a ruin.” [1]
Donaghadee Manor House (Manor House Donaghadee), County Down
“A plain two storey Georgian house with its entrance front behind railings on the High Street of the town; six bay entrance front with pillared porch; three sided bow in side elevation.” [1]
Donaghcloney (see Straw Hill), County Down
The Donahies (Newbrook House), Co Dublin – ‘lost’
“A two storey three bay Georgian house faced with attractive brick. Pillared porch, three sided end bows. Adamesque interior plasterwork. Seat of the Casey family. Now demolished.” [1]
Donamon Castle, Roscommon, County Roscommon
“A c15 castle with a tall arch between its towers, like that at Bunratty Castle, given regular sash windows and Georgian-Gothic battlements towards end of C18 and further altered and enlarged mid c19. Staircase gallery with plaster fan vaulting. Now owned by the Divine Word Missions.” [1]
Donamon Castle, County Roscommon, photograph by dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0
Donard House, County Wicklow
Donard House, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
A two-storey five bay house with a fanlighted doorway.
Donard Lodge (and Spa House), Newcastle, County Down– demolished
Donard Lodge, County Down, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A distinguished two storey Classical house of granite ashlar, built in two stages 1830s by 3rd Earl Annesley as a marine residence. The architect at first was John Lynn, who later acted merely as contractor, carrying out plans by Thomas Duff, of Newry, and his partner, Thomas Jackson, of Belfast. Entrance front with central projecting bay (in fact a two storey porch) and a boldly projecting three sided bow at either side; the centre being joined on each side to the projecting ends by short Doric colonnade; one of these colonnades serving as the entrance portico, the door being in one side of the central projection. Garden front with curved and three sided bows and round headed ground floor windows. Elegant semi-circular conservatory by John Lynn at one end of the house. Donard Lodge is now demolished.” [1]
Donard Lodge, County Down, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A two storey late C18 house of brick, with wings extending back to form a U plan. Pedimented ionic doorcase in central three sided bow with three bays on either side, the end bays projecting slightly. now a ruin.” [1]
Donore, Multyfarnham, Co Westmeath – demolished
Doolistown, Trim, Co Meath – a ruin
“A two storey three bay Georgian house with good doorcase... Now a ruin.” [1]
The Doon, Togher, County Offaly
The Doon, County Offaly, courtesy of National Inventory.
“A square two storey house built 1798 by R.J. Enraght-Moony, incorporating a late C17 or early C18 house which had been the dower house when the family lived in the old castle nearby. Three bay front with single-storey portico; three bay side.” [1]
Doonass, Clonlara, Co Clare
Doonass, Clonlara, Co Clare courtesy of National Inventory.
“A two storey hosue of ca 1820 in the late Georgian-villa style. Entrance front with slightly recessed centre, one bay on either side, the windows set in two storey blind arches. Fanlighted doorway under two windows in centre; Wyatt windows on either side in lower storey. Eaved roof; curved bow at side. The back wing of the house has been demolished. A noteable folly tower dating from ca 1760 stands down by the river. It has a detached turret for a spiral staircase. A hell-fire club is said to have met there.” [1]
Doory Hall, Ballymahon, Co Longford – ruin
Doory Hall, Ballymahon, Co Longford courtesy National Inventory
“A house of ca 1820, by John Hargrave, of Cork. Two storey, five bay, centre bay projecting. Pediment, wide entance door under porch with fluted Doric columns, wide window over. Carved bow at end. Now a ruin.” [1]
Downhill Castle (or House), near Coleraine, County Derry – ruin, open to public
Downhill House, County Derry, photograph by Pocket Squares
Downhill, County Derry (here listed as Antrim?), photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Downhill, County Derry (here listed as Antrim?), photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Dowth Hall, near Slane, County Meath
Dowth Hall, County Meath, courtesy Sherry Fitzgerald.
“A small and extremely elegant mid-C18 house, built for 6th Viscount Netterville; with a two storey front, but with an extra storey fitted in as a mezzanine at the back. The front, of ashlar, is five bay; the lower storey is rusticated; the windows in the upper storey are higher than those below, and have alternate triangular and segmental pediments over them. Urns on roofline; pedimented doorway with Doric columns and frieze. Splendid interior plasterwork, possibly by Robert West, who may in fact have been the architect. Doric frieze in hall. Beautiful rococo decoration on walls and ceiling of drawing room. Dining room ceiling with birds and clouds. Library with simple rococo ceiling and swags on walls.” [1]
Drenagh House (formerly Fruit Hill), Limavady, County Derry
It tells us “Nestled in beautiful parkland and surrounded by our gardens, you will find our grand Georgian Mansion House which is perfect for weddings, family get togethers, corporate events and much more.“
“An imposing three storey stone house of ca 1745, attributed to Francis Bindon, built for Barry Barry. Seven bay entrance front with three bay central breakfront; round-headed window framed by pilasters and segmental entablatures in the centre of each of two upper storeys; ground floor windows with rusticated surrounds, shouldered architraves round windows in upper storeys. Later enclosed porch with fanlight and Ionic columns and pilasters. Curved bow in one side elevation, but not in the other. Two storey hall with the staircase rising behind a bridge-gallery; a rare feature in Irish country houses at this date, though there is another example of it only a couple of miles away across the Westmeath border at Ballinlough Castle. As at Ballinlough, both the stair and gallery have slender wooden balusters; and there is C18 panelling on the walls. The doorcases, both upstairs and down, have heavy triangular or segmented pediments; and the ceiling is decorated with somewhat bucolic plasterwork.” [1]
Drewstown, County Meath, courtesy National Inventory.
Drimina House, Sneem, Co Kerry
Drimina House, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A gabled Victorian house on the shores of Sneem Harbour. Noted sub-tropical garden.” [1]
Drimnagh Castle, Dublin – sometimes open to public
“A large “strong-house” built 1626 by Sir Wiliam Villiers, 1st Bt, whose half-brother, James I’s and Charles I’s favourite, the Duke of Buckingham, was granted an extensive tract of land here. It had blank, forward facing gables and many massive chimney-stacks. Now a ruin.” [1]
Dromana, Co Waterford – section 482, Accommodation
A gabled early C17 semi-fortified house on a rock above the river Blackwater; now a ruin. Entrance court with Jacobean doorway. [1]
Dromin House, Dunleer, Co Louth
Dromin House, Dunleer, Co Louth courtesy National Inventory
“Georgian house of two storeys over basement; five bay front with later porch; parapeted roof.” [1]
Dromkeen, Co Cavan – convent
Dromkeen (or Drumkeen), Co Cavan – now Loreto convent, Courtesy of National Inventory.
“A two storey early C19 house; front of two bays on either side of a central three sided bow, crowned with battlemented gables and finials. Plain entablatures over ground floor windows. Now a convent and much altered.” [1]
Dromkeen House, Pallasgreen, co Limerick
Dromkeen House, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.
“A gable ended Georgian house of two storeys over basement and five bays. Simple doorcase.” [1]
Dromoland Castle, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare – hotel
Dromoland Castle, County Clare, photo care of Dromoland Castle, for Tourism Ireland 2019, Ireland’s Content Pool.
“A fine three storey late C18 block, built 1781 by Hon William Beresford, Bishop (C of I) of Dromore, afterwards Bishop of Ossory, Archbishop of Tuam and 1st Lord Decies. “Improved” by Beresford’s successor, Thomas Percy, the antiquary and poet, who laid out plantations, gardens and a glen, adorned with painted obelisks. In Bishop Percy’s time, the Palace was frequented by a circle of poets and painters, notably the poet Thomas Stott and the painter Thomas Robinson, a pupil of Romney. Sold 1842, when the diocese of Dromore was merged with Down and Connor; used for some years in late C19 as a school, and after that, empty; now ruinous.” [1]
Dromore Castle, Pallaskenry, County Limerick – ‘lost’
Dromore Castle, Pallaskenry, County Limerick courtesy National Inventory
“The most archaeologically correct C19 Irish castle, rising from a wooded ridge above a lough; built 1867-70 for 3rdEarl of Limerick to the design of the English architect and “aesthete” Edward William Godwin, who measured and studied the construction of at least a dozen old Irish castles before producing his plans. The grouping, the strength of detail, the solidness of the light grey stonework all make it a building of exceptional quality. A tall main block, with a massive keep at one end balanced by a reproduction of an ancient Irish round tower at teh other, has a lower hall range attached to it at right angles, as a Askeaton Castle; forming two sides of a courtyard which is enclosed on the tierh two sides by battlemented walls wiht corner towers and a narrow gateway. The walls of the castle are as much as six feet thick, with a batter; the details, which are beautifully wrought, are copied exactly from Irish originals; if not of C13 and C14, as Godwin believed, at any rate of C15 and C16; there are Irish battlements, bold chimneys, bartizans and machicoulis on stout corbelling, trefoil windows and angle loops. All the main rooms were made to face into the courtyard, and on the ground floor there is hardly a single outside windows, though this was not just archaeological but, as the Building News explained at the time, “so that in the event of hte country being disturbed, the inmates of Dromore Castle might not only feel secure themselves but be able to give real shelter to others,” this being the year of the Fenian rising, wen at least one other Irish country house, Humewood, County Wicklow – also by an English architect – was designed with a view to defence. A vaulted gateway, over which was a chapel, led into the courtyard; one one side it was the entrance to the banqueting hall, which had a high timber barrel roof and alarge stone fireplace wiht a sloping hood carried on corbels’ on the other was the entrance to the main block, from which a straight flight of stone stairs under a very unusaul stepped barrel vault led up to first floor corridor, off which opened the dining room and two drawing rooms. The larger drawing room, in the keep, had pointed arches in teh thickness of its walls, some of which were supported by marble columns. All three rooms had timbered ceilings with painted decoration in which celtic motifs were mixed with Japanese; Godwin being one of the chief protagonists of the Japanese taste. As if cut through the solid stone, the staircase continued up to the bedroom floor, where the corridor was particularly attractive, with a long row of deep window recesses and a timber barrel roof. The walls of the main room where to have been painted by the historical painter, Henry Stacy Marks, who actually started work, but the scheme had to be dropped owing to the damp – something which also caused Godwin trouble at his other Irish country house, Glenbeigh Towers, Co Kerry. Dromore was sold by the Limerick family between the two world wars to the McMahon family, who occupied it until ca 1950. An attempt was then made to find a buyer for it; and when this proved unsuccessful, the castle was dismantled. The ruins remain, as solid as any of the old ruined castles of the Irish countryside, but larger and more spectacular than most of them.” [1]
Dromore Castle, County Limerick drawing room chimneypiece 1986, photograph: William Garner, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Dromore Castle, Kenmare, County Kerry
Dromore Castle, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“An early C19 castle by Sir Thomas Deane, built ca 1831-38 for Rev Denis Mahony; replacing a long low two storey house on a different site built on one side of a courtyard with the stables on the other, which still survives; and which itself replaced an old castle of the O’Mahonys, on a different site again. The present castle is of two storeys over basement and is faced in a golden-brown Roman cement imitating ashlar, with grey limestone dressings. The entrance front, which is dominated by a machicolated round tower and turret, at one side of a central heavily machicolated porch-tower, has a certain grimness; the windows are few and narrow. The garden front, facing down wooded slopes of sub-tropical luxuriance to the Kenmare River, is more graceful and friendly; there are fewer machicolations and the windows are wider; in the centre is a Perpendicular window of great height. At either end of the garden front is a three-sided bow, with corner-bartizans. Apart from the staircase window, the windows are rectangular, and combine wooden Gothic tracery with Georgian glazing; some of them incorporating rather unusual half Gothic fanlights. Inside the castle, a vast hall, like a long gallery, runs almost the full length of the front; it has a timbered ceiling and oak-grained doors with panels of Gothic tracery. In the centre, opposite the front door, an arch opens onto an imperial staircase of oak with Gothic balusters, lit by the great Perpendicular window...” [1]
Dromore Castle, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Dromore Castle, Kenmare, County Kerry courtesy National InventoryDromore Castle, County Kerry, courtesyabandonedworldphotography.com
Drumadarragh House, Kilbride, County Antrim
“A two storey three bay C18 house with a fanlighted doorway, to which two wings were added, probably 1827; they are of two bays each, similar in style and proportion to the centre; but each has a pediment gable with an oeil-de-boeuf window. The rear of the house is similar, except for a wing in the same style as the rest of the house, added 1903.” [1]
Drumalis, Larne, County Antrim
Drumalis, County Antrim, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A rambling two storey late-Victorian or Edwardian mansion, dominated by a four storey central tower and turret. Eaved roof; camber-headed windows; pillared porch; solid parapet on tower and turret.” [1]
Drumalis, County Antrim, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Drumalis, County Antrim, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Drumbanagher, Poyntpass, County Armagh – demolished
“A very large Italianate house by William Playfair of Edinburgh, built ca 1837 for Maxwell Close, brother-in-law of 1stLord Lurgan who built Brownlow House, also to the design of Playfair. Two storey centre block with higher three storey wings set at right angles to it, and projecting beyond it both in the entrance and garden fronts; the space between the wings in the entrance front being filled by vast arched porte-cochere. Roofs of wings eaved and carried on bracket cornices; roof of centre block with balustraded parapet. Plain pilasters framing downstairs windows in ends of wings. Now demolished.” [1]
Drumbaragh House, Kells, Co Meath
Drumbaragh, County Meath, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A tall three storey three bay C18 block. Central chimneystack; C19 pillared porch and window surrounds.” [1]
Drumboe Castle, Stranorlar, Co Donegal – a ruin
“A Georgian house consisting of three storey centre with a three sided central bow and pillared porch, and bow-ended wings. A Wyatt window on either side of the centre bow.” [1]
Drumcairn, Stewartstown, County Tyrone
Drumcar, Dunleer, Co Louth – hospital
Drumcar, Dunleer, Co Louth courtesy National Inventory.
“A square block of ca 1778, three storeys over a basement with a five bay front, embellished C19 and extended by the addition of two large single-storey Italianate wings prolonging two adjoining fronts, one of them ending in a handsome archway. Doorcase with four engaged Ionic columns and pediment over middle two; mid to late C19 Doric portico; segmental pediments over ground floor windows. Doorcase with Tuscan pilasters in hall. Ballroom in one of the wings. Now owned by St. John of God Brothers.” [1]
Drumcar, County Louth, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
Drumcarban, Crossdoney, Co Cavan
“A late C18 house of three storeys and three bays; doorcase with very delicate fanlight; flues grouped in one long stack.” [1]
Drumcashel, Castlebellingham, Co Louth – ruin
Drumcashel, Castlebellingham, Co Louth courtesy National Inventory.
“A C19 Tudor-Revival house with hood mouldings.” [1]
Drumcondra House, Drumcondra, Dublin – All Hallow’s College
Drumcondra House, Dublin, courtesy of Archiseek.
“A very important three storey C18 house, with two adjoining fronts. The grander of these two, which has a boldly projecting central feature of giant Corinthian pillars supporting a balustraded Corinthian entablature and is richly adorned with niches, aedicules and triangular and segmental pediments over the windows and two doorways, of unknown authorship; the simpler, which is plain but for a two storey pedimented frontispiece with a pilastered Venetian window in its upper storey, by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, his earlier recorded private house work, which he carried out 1727 for Marmaduke Coghill, MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Judge of the Prerogative Court. The interior, which has C18 panelling and good contemporary chimneypieces, has been altered at various times, but some of it is by Pearce. On the lawn is a temple with a pediment and Cornithian pilasters, probably by Alessandro Galilei, the Italian architect who designed the main block of Castletown, Co Kildare. Now All Hallow’s College.” [1]
All Hallow’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Drumconora (formerly Nutfield), Ennis, Co Clare
“A handsome stone-faced mid-C18 house of three storeys over basement, attributed to Francis Bindon. Pedimented breakfront with triple window over round-headed tripartite doorway; 2 bays on either side. Quoins; string courses; window surrounds with keystones. Seat of the Crowes (see Dromore), afterwards of the O’Loghlens, the family of the eminent lawyer Sir Michael O’Loghlen who 1836 became the first Catholic to sit on the Judicial Bench in Ireland or Britain since the Revolution of 1688. Drumconora was sold by the O’Loghlens 1930s and subsequently demolished.” [1]
Drumcree House, Collinstown, Co Westmeath
Drumhierney, Co Leitrim
“A two storey six bay house with a two bay pedimented breakfront and conservatory with fluted Ionic pilasters. Now derelict.” [1]
Drumlargan, Co Meath
“A two storey double gable-ended house, probably early C18 but with C19 windows and a C19 two storey gabled projecting porch. Owned by the Bomford family until ca 1850.” [1]
Drummilly, Loughgall, County Armagh
Drummilly, County Armagh, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A plain, vaguely Georgian house with remarkable two storey elliptical structure of glass and art nouveau ironwork projecting from its centre and constituting the entrance. Elliptical windows in the upper storey of this addition.” [1]
Drumnasole House, Garronpoint, County Antrim
p. 113. “(Turnly/IFR) An early 19C house, in what was described (1845) as “a most romantic and sheltered site at the base of the perpendicular hills.” Begun sometime ante 1819 and not completed until ca 1840, built for Francis Turnly, who had been in the East India Company and spent much of his early life in China. Of basalt from the hill behind; two storey over basement, entrance front has breakfront centre with window flanked by two narrower windows above and fanlighted doorway under shallow porch of four engaged Doric columns below; one bay on either side. Side of house is five bay. Long hall with plasterwork ceiling; stairwell lit by dome.” [1]
Drumreaske House, Monaghan, co Monaghan
“A two storey C19 Tudor-revival house of the “cottage” type, with gables and decorated bargeboards.” [1]
Drumsill, County Armagh
“Owned by the MacGeough family from the C17. A house of ca 1788, remodelled by Francis Johnston, ca 1860. Sold 1916. An hotel 1957-72, when it was blown up.” [1]
Duarrigle Castle, Millstreet, Co Cork – ‘lost’
Duarrigle Castle, County Cork, entrance front, photograph: Robert French, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A castellated house of early C19 appearance, consisting of 3 storey block and a two storey block with a round turret at their junction. Simple battlements; regularly disposed mullioned windows with ogival-headed lights; entrance doorway wiht ogival fanlight at the head of a flight of steps with wrought-iron railings. Hood mouldings. The seat of the Justice family, more recently of the O’Connors, maternal forebears of Mr Norman St John-Stevas, (whose mother, Mrs Stephen S Stevas, was formerly Miss Kitty St John O’Connor, of Duarrigle Castle). Now a ruin.” [1]
“A three storey pedimented cut-stone house of ca 1750, attributed to Richard Castle or his school, built for Thomas Trotter, MP. Three bay front; central breakfront with triple window above Venetian window above pedimented tripartite doorway. Balustraded roof parapet.” [1]
Duleek House, County Meath, courtesy National Inventory.
Dunany House, Togher, Co Louth
Dunany House, Togher, Co Louth courtesy National Inventory.
“A “U” shaped house with a courtyard, partly early C18, but much altered late C18 and made to look Gothic in early C19. Bolection chimneypiece in hall.” [1]
Dunany House, Togher, Co Louth courtesy National Inventory.
Dunboden Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath
“A house of early to mid C19 appearance…”[1]
Dunboy Castle and Puxley Manor, Castletownberehaven, Co Cork
Dunboy Castle, County Cork, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Under Dunboy Castle in Mark Bence-Jones:
“A castellated house of 1838 and earlier to which H.L. Puxley, owner of the Berehaven Copper Mines, added a vast new building of razor sharp ashlar 1880s; a sold, vigorous, three dimensional composition in with Ruskinian Gothic arches and windows were combined wiht the “Old English” oriels. Whilte the overall effect was High Victorian, it was not wholly uninfluenced by subsequent trends in English domestic architecture, having certain similarities to Norman Shaw’s Cragside, Northumberland. There were no battlements, but a skyline of steep and pointed roofs and tall chimneys. A high-roofed tower rose from the middle of the entrance front, and another from a corner of the front facing the water, which had an arcaded basement beneath it; at one side of the latter tower was a tremendous buttress, combined with a chimneystack. The chief feature of the interior was the series of transverse diaphragm arches spanning the hall. Burnt 1921, now a spectacular ruin.” [1]
Dunboy Castle, County Cork, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Puxley Mansion, Co Cork, courtesy of National Inventory.
Dunboyne Castle, Dunboyne, County Meath – accommodation
Dunboyne Castle, County Meath, courtesy National Inventory.
“This C18 house which replaced the old castle here as the seat of the Dunboynes. From its appearance, dating from two different periods, the front being later; probably inspired by Sir William Chambers’s Charlemont House in Dublin and added either by Pierce Butler, 10th Lord Dunboyne, who succeeded 1768, or by his son, 11th Baron, who died 1785. Of three storeys and seven bays, the ground floor being rusticated and treated as a basement and the first floor as a piano nobile with pediments over the windows. Tripartite pedimented and fanlighted entrance doorway; urns on parapet. Single-storey four bay rusticated wing. Good interior rococo plasterwork...” [1]
“A pleasant, comfortable unassuming house of ca 1860 which from its appearance might be a C20 house of vaguely Queen Anne flavour. Two storey, five bay centre, with middle bay breaking forward and three-sided single-storey central bow; two bay projecting ends. Moderately high roof on bracket cornice; windows with cambered heads and astragals. Wyatt windows in side elevation.” [1]
Dundalk House, County Louth, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A Georgian Gothic house of two storeys, with pointed windows and a three sided bow, originally seat of the Earls of Roden, who inherited the estate from the Earls of Clanbrassill of 2nd creation; acquired C19 by the Carrolls, owners of the tobacco firm of P.J. Carroll & Co, whose factory was nearby. Demolished ca 1900 owing to its site being unhealthy, and replaced by red brick gabled house of the period, which was given to P.J. Carroll and Co for use as offices 1936.” [1]
Dundanion, Blackrock, Co Cork
Dundanion, Blackrock, Co Cork courtesy of National Inventory.
“A two storey home of the Cork architect Sir Thomas Deane, who supervised its building, though it was designed by the Morrisons. Single storey Ionic portico; eaved roof.” [1]
Dundarave House, Bushmills, County Antrim
Dunderave, County Antrim, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
“A very fine Italianate palazzo by Charles Lanyon; built 1847 for Sir Edmond Workman-MacNaghten, 2nd Bt, to replace a castellated house which his father, Sir Francis MacNaghten, had built only ten years earlier...” [1]
Dundermot, Ballintober, Co Roscommon
Dundermot, County Roscommon, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
“A three storey C18 double gable-ended house of three bays with two storey two bay wings almost as high as the centre. Regency ironwork porch’ ironwork balconies in front of ground floor windows of wings. Tall and massive chimneystacks on gable ends of centre block.” [1]
Dundrum House, County Tipperary – was previously a hotel
Dundrum House, County Tipperary, photograph from National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
“A C18 Palladian mansion consisting of a centre block of two storeys over a high basement joined by short links to flanking wings or pavilions, very much in the style of Sir Edward Lovett Pearce: the seat of the Maude family, Viscounts Hawarden. Entrance front of seven bays, with a three-bay pedimented breakfront, links and wings of one bay each. Central, round-headed window with keystone above pedimented doorcase; similar windows on either side of door and in wings. Graceful perron in front of door with partly curving double stairs and iron railings. Oculi and camber-headed windows in basement; prominent quoins on centre block and wings. Large hall with compartmented ceiling. Impressive, double-pedimented stable block at right-angles to the entrance front.
“An extra storey, treated as an attic above the continuous cornice, was added to the centre block about 1890 by the 4th Viscount Hawarden, who was 1st and last Earl de Montalt. This did away with the pediment and spoilt the proportions of the house; making the centre block massive and ungainly, so that it dwarfs the wings. After being sold by the Maudes, the house ws for many years a convent; but it is now in private occupation once more.” [1]
Dundullerick, Lisgoold, Co Cork
“A Georgian house consisting of a two storey three bay centre with single storey two bay wings.” [1]
Duneske, Cahir, Co Tipperary
“A three storey asymmetrical Victorian house with a high roof and some gables; built ca 1870 for R.W. Smith to the design of Sir Thomas Drew. Plate glass windows, bows in various places. Porch with sinuous, rather art-nouveau style decoration in stucco…” [1]
Duneske House, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
Dungar, Coolderry, Co Offaly
Dungar House, County Offaly, courtesy of National Inventory.
“A two storey C19 house with a front and side elevation of three bays, the centre bay of the front being recessed, and that of the side breaking forwards. Porch and arches and rusticated piers; single-storey curved bow in centre of side elevation; prominent quoins; entabaltures over ground floor windows; eaved roof on bracket cornice.” [1]
Dungiven Castle, Dungiven, County Derry
“A C19 castle with a long two storey battlemented front, having a central polygon tower with a pointed Gothic doorway and a pointed window over, and a round tower at each end. Five bays on either side of centre.” [1]
Dunguaire Castle (or Dungory), near Kinvara, County Clare
Duninga, County Kilkenny courtesy of National Inventory.
“A house with a three storey centre and two storey projecting wings, joined by a Doric colonnade.” [1]
Dunkathel House (or Dunkettle), Glanmire, Cork
Dunkathel, County Cork, 1981.
“A house in the Palladian manner, consisting of a two storey nine bay centre block joined by screen walls with rusticated niches to office wings extending back; the front ends of the wings being treated as two storey two bay pavilions with oculi in their upper storey. The front of the centre block has quoins at its sides and framing a three bay breakfront; a solid roof parapet and fanlighted doorcase with an entablature and engaged Tuscan columns.…” [1]
Dunleckney Manor, Bagnelstown, Co Carlow
Dunleckney Manor, County Carlow, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
p. 116. “(Newton, sub Bagenal/IFR; Vesey sub de Vesci, V/PB) A C19 Tudor-Gothic house by Daniel Robertson, of Kilkenny. Built ca 1850 for Walter Newton, who inherited the estate from his mother, the heiress of the Bagenal family of Dunleckney. Faced in smooth limestone ashlar; steep gables and overhanding oriels; a slender polygonal corner turret decorated with panels of miniature tracery in the manner of English Perpendicular architecture; similar ornament on the bow of the garden front. Interior has plaster fan vaulting. Elaborately carved staircase of wood...” [1]
Dunleckney Manor, County Carlow, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Dunleckney Manor, County Carlow, by Daniel Robertson, 1835. Photograph from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Dunluce Castle, County Antrim – heritage visitor site
p. 116. (Shee, Bt/PB1869; Dering, Bt/PB) “A late C18 house of three storeys over a basement, incorporating an earlier house. Three bay bow-ended entrance front, with one bay central breakfront. Wide fanlighted doorway.” [1]
Dunmore House (also known as Dunmore Palace), Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, now Dunmore Cottage
Dunmore cottage, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny courtesy National Inventory
p. 116. “(Butler, Ormonde, MPB) A C17 red brick house on a palatial scale built post Restoration by Duchess of Ormonde, wife of the great Duke. Its chief interior feature was a staircase of carved wood, “so large the twenty men might walk abreast.” The Duchess also laid out elaborate gardens here. When the Duke was showing some people his improvements at Kilkenny Castle, one of them said: “Your Grace has done much here,” to which he replied “Yes, and there the Duchess has Dunmore; and if she does any more, I shall be undone.” The house was neglected and eventually demolished during C18.” [1]
Dunmore, Durrow, County Laois
Dunmore, County Laois, 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.
“An early Georgian house of brick, plastered over, consisting of a three storey five bay gable-ended centre block with two storey projecting wings...” [1]
Dunnstown, Co Kildare
p. 116. “A two storey pedimented C18 house flanked by two free-standing wings with small pediments. The pediment of the main block was made into a barge-boarded gable C19.” [1]
Dunore House, Aldergrove, County Antrim
p. 117. “The only full-blown country house example in Ireland of the Eyptian taste; and a rather late example, having been built post 1857. Of smooth rusticated granite’ the doorcase being composed of four tems with Pharoahs’ heads, originally surrounded by hieroglyphics; the pediment being topped with an obelisk.” [1]
Dunsandle Castle, Co Galway – ‘lost’
Dunsandle, County Galway c. 1950, 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.
p. 116. (Daly/IFR) A large plain mid to late C18 Palladian house, until recently the finest house in Co Galway, very tentatively attributed by the Knight of Glin to David Duckart. Built for Rt Hon Denis Daly MP… Sold ca 1954 by Major Bowes Daly; subsequently demolished.”
Dunsandle Castle, Co Galway courtesy National Inventory
Dunsany Castle, Dunsany, Co Meath section 482 in 2019
“A castle founded ca 1200 by Hugh de Lacy; and which, in 1403, passed by marriage, along with the neighbouring castle of Killeen, to Sir Christopher Plunkett; who left Killeen to his eldest son, ancester of the Earls of Fingall, and Dunsany to his second son, 1st Baron of Dunsany. The castle eventually consisted of two tall blocks, each with a pair of square corner-towers, joined by a hall range so as to enclose a shallow three sided court. The 13th Lord Dunsany restored and modernised the old castle in the 1780s, filling in the old court between the projecting tower blocks to form a spacious staircase hall, putting in pointed Georgian-Gothic windows and decorating the principle rooms in the fashionable style of the period. 14th Lord Dunsany carried out various additions and alterations to the castle around 1840, which can be safely attributed to James Shiel, who was working at the nearby Killeen Castle at that time. Shiel replaced the Georgian-Gothic windows on the entrance front and at the end of the castle with tracery and mullioned windows; but he was much more sparing with his medievalism here than he was at Killeen; so that the old grey castle with its square towers keeps all the character and atmosphere of a house that has grown through the ages, rather than looking merely like a castle of the 19th century…” [1]
Dunsland, Glanmire, Co Cork – ‘lost’
p. 117. “(Pike;LGI1958) A late-Victorian house with an eaved roof, half-timbered gables and pediments and entablatures over the ground floor windows. Home of Joseph Pike, burnt 1920.” [1]
Dunsoghly Castle, Finglas, Co Dublin
Dunsoghly Castle, Finglas, Co Dublin courtesy Irish Antiquities, by Brian T. McElherron.
p. 117. “(Dunne/LGI1912) A C15 castle built by Thomas Plunkett, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench; consisting of a tall four storey tower with tapering corner-turrets rising above the parapet of the centre block. At one side of the tower is a detached chapel, built 1573 by Sir John Plunkett, Chief Justice of the Queen’s Bench, and his third wife, Genet Sarsfield. The lowest storey of the tower is vaulted, those above it had timber floors. The castle still keeps its original roof, with massive oak timbers...” [1]
Durrow Abbey, Tullamore, Offaly
Durrow Abbey, County Laois, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
p. 117. “(Graham-Toler, Norbury, E/PB; Slazenger, sub Powerscourt, V/PB) Originally a plain three storey 7 bay C18 house with a pillared porch; replaced ca 1837 by a Tudor-Gothic house built for 2nd Earl of Norbury, who was murdered here 1839. The house now consists of two two storey ranges at right angles to each other, one of them standing on slightly lower ground, with a small battlemented tower at their junction. The higher range has a central projecting porch-gable, with a corbelled oriel over the entrance door, and a slightly stepped gable at each end. There are tall Tudor-style chimneys and a few pinnacles. The house was rebuilt in the same style 1924. Nearby is the site of an ancient abbey, with a fine C10 High Cross...” [1]
Dysart, Delvin, Co Westmeath
[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.
We visited in March 2023. The house was built in 1779 for Samuel Hayes and may have been designed by James Wyatt (1746-1813), or by Samuel Hayes himself. It then passed to the Parnell family and was the birthplace of the politician Charles Stewart Parnell. In 1904 the state purchased the Avondale Estate to develop modern day forestry in Ireland.
Avondale, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Mark Bence-Jones writes in his A Guide to Irish Country Houses (1988):
p. 15. “A square house of two storeys over basement, built 1779 for Samuel Hayes, a noted amateur architect who possibly designed it himself. Five bay entrance front, the three centre bays breaking forward under a pediment; small Doric porch with paired columns, Coade stone panels with swags and medallions between lower and upper windows. Garden front with central bow; the basement, which in the entrance front is concealed, is visible on this side with its windows have Gibbsian surrounds. Magnificent and lofty two storey hall with C18 Gothic plasterwork and gallery along inner wall. Bow room with beautiful Bossi chimneypiece. Dining room with elaborate neo-Classical plasterwork on walls and ceiling; the wall decorations incorporating oval mirrors and painted medallions. Passed to William Parnell-Hayes, brother of the 1st Baron Congleton, and grandfather of Charles Steward Parnell, who was born here and lived here all his life with his mother and elder brother. Now owned by the dept of Lands, Forestry Division, which maintains the splendid demesne as a forest park…The house has in recent years been restored by the Board of Works.” [1]
Samuel Hayes who built the house also planted a forest. He was an expert on trees and wrote books and planted experimentally to see what trees grow best in Ireland. Hayes wrote A practical treatise on planting and the management of woods and coppices (1794). Intended to be a practical guide to the planting of trees and the managing of wood for timber, it was in fact Ireland’s first full-length book on trees. It is fitting that the property is now owned by Coillte, and that they also grow trees and ran the “Great Tree Experiment” here at Avondale. For several years after the house passed into the ownership of the state a forestry school was located in the property.
Avondale, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.Avondale, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.Avondale, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.Avondale, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
The house contains Gothic features in the front hall, especially in the stuccowork. The front hall is double-height and has an overlooking balcony.
Samuel Hayes was the great grandson of Thomas Parnell (1625-1686), the first of the Parnell family to come to Ireland, and from whom Charles Stewart Parnell was also descended. Thomas’s son John (1680-1727) became Judge of the Court of King’s Bench and built a house at Rathleague in County Laois. According to the family tree framed in the Drawing Room, John had a daughter Anne who married John Hayes and gave birth to the builder of Avondale, Samuel Hayes.
In 1766 Samuel Hayes married Alice Le Hunt, daughter of Thomas Le Hunt, MP and wide streets commissioner of Dublin, but he died childless. The estate was initially inherited by Sir John Parnell (1744–1801), 2nd baronet. John Parnell (1680-1727) married Mary Whitshed, daughter of Thomas, Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Carysfort, County Wicklow between 1692 and 1698. Their son John (d. 1782) became 1st Baronet Parnell, of Rathleague, Queen’s County in 1766, after being High Sheriff for County Laois and MP for Maryborough in Laois (now Portlaoise).
1st Baronet Parnell married Anne Ward from Castle Ward in County Down. They had a son John (1744–1801), 2nd Baronet. He married Laetitia Charlotte Brooke, daughter of Arthur, 1st Baronet Brooke, of Colebrooke, Co. Fermanagh.
Portrait of John Parnell, 2nd Baronet, by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, from National Trust, Castle Ward.
By the terms of Hayes’s will, Avondale passed from the 2nd Baronet to his son William Parnell (1777–1821), writer, landlord, and MP. Hayes stipulated in his will that rather than being inherited by the eldest son of the family, the estate would be inherited by a younger son. William was the younger brother of John Augustus, 3rd Baronet, who was disabled and died childless, and of Henry Brooke Parnell, who became 4th Baronet Parnell and later, 1st Baron Congleton, of Congleton, Cheshire, which had been the birthplace of the original Thomas Parnell who emigrated to Ireland.
As a result of his inheritance of Avondale, William Parnell assumed the name ‘Parnell-Hayes.’ [2] William married Francis Howard, granddaughter of Ralph Howard, 1st Viscount Wicklow. They had a son John Henry, who was Charles Stewart Parnell’s father. Charles Stewart Parnell inherited Avondale as he also was not the oldest son, but the seventh of eleven children. It was an unusual stipulation that Samuel Hayes made.
Delia was a member of the Plymouth Brethren, and converted a building on the property into house for worship. The 2nd Baron Congleton also converted to the Plymouth Brethren who met in Aungier Street in Dublin.
When Charles Stewart Parnell inherited Avondale estate, it was mired in debt. He sought to increase his income by mining the local area. He became a politician chiefly, our tour guide told us, to earn money to support the estate. The Dictionary of Irish Biography tells us:
“Parnell invested heavily in mining and quarrying ventures in Wicklow, in particular stone quarrying at Big Rock, near Arklow, from which he supplied paving setts to Dublin corporation. He expended money and effort in seeking to revive the old lead mine and to relocate the lodes of iron and seams of copper that had formerly been worked in the vicinity of Avondale. Through the late 1880s his chief recreation was the quest for gold in Wicklow, assaying samples of ore in his workshops successively at Etham and Brighton.” [3]
He may have been influenced in his politics by his mother’s Republican views, i.e. anti-monarchy. He sought home rule for Ireland and was President of the Land League, which sought to enable tenants to own the land on which they worked. He was arrested for this and put in rather luxurious quarters in Kilmainham Gaol, where he was incarcerated for six months.
By this time he was having an affair with Katherine O’Shea who was called “Kitty” in the press in order to belittle her. She was the wife of another MP who allowed the affair, presumably to maintain his position in parliament as Parnell commanded wide support. He fathered three children with Katherine and when her husband divorced her, they married, but she was unable to inherit Avondale, which passed to Parnell’s older brother.
The Irish turned against Parnell due to his affair, as discussed in James Joyces’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man where Stephen Daedalus’s father and aunt argue about Parnell and Stephen’s father laments “Ireland’s poor dead King.” There is a lengthy biography about him in the Dictionary of Irish Biography.
“Katharine Parnell lived on in deteriorating circumstances and died in Littlehampton, Sussex, on 5 February 1921. After Claude Sophie, who died shortly after her birth, Parnell and Katharine had two further daughters, Clare (1883–1909) and Katharine (‘Katie’) (1884–1947). Clare, who bore a haunting resemblance to Parnell, died in labour. Her son Assheton Clare Bowyer-Lane Maunsell, a lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, died of enteric fever in India on 29 July 1934, aged 24. As Parnell’s biographer F. S. L. Lyons wrote, ‘the line of direct descent from Parnell therefore ends in a cemetery in Lahore.’ “
The forest planted by Samuel Hayes mostly did not last, as we see from a photograph from 1900. However, the forestry school reinstated the forest, now owned by Coillte.
There are many walks on the estate, including a “tree top walk” and a viewing tower, which has a large enclosed screwshaped slide, which Stephen and I could not resist sliding down! Be prepared to lose all control to speed!
[1] Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.
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.
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.
Cahirduggan, Midleton, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.
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.
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
Caledon, County Tyrone, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Caledon, County Tyrone, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
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
Camass House, County Limerick, courtesy National Inventory.
Camla Vale, Monaghan, Co Monaghan
Camla Vale, County 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)
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.
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
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 FitzgeraldMcMahon, 2024.Carrigaholt Tower, Shannon, County Clare, photograph courtesy Sherry FitzgeraldMcMahon, 2024.
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.
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 House, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.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
Carstown, Drogheda, Co Louth, photograph courtesy National Inventory.
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.
“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, 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
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, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.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 Kevin, Mallow, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.
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
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.ieCastlemartin 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.
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 Ward, County Down courtesy National Trust Images, photograph by Matthew Antrobus.Castle Ward, County Down, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
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 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.orgCastleboro, County Wexford, photograph by Robert French, [between ca. 1865-1914], Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.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
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.
Castlehacket (see Castle Hacket), Belclare, Co Galway
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
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.
Castletown Castle, County Louth, Castlemore, County Cork, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
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
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
Charlesfort, County 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 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 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.
Cill-Alaithe, Killala, Co Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.
Clandeboye, County Down
Clandeboye, County Down, photograph by Jonny84, CC-BY-SA-3.0Clandeboye, County Down, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
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
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– school then sold 2005
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, 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.
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.
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
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
Clonyn Castle, County Westmeath, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, 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.
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, 1st Bt of 2nd creation.
Colebrook Park, County Fermanagh, photograph courtesy the house’s website.
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.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
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 House, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, a house built for the Grubb family in Clogheen.
Coolhull Castle, County 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.”
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
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
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
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, 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.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.
Crom Castle, County Fermanagh, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Crom Castle, County Fermanagh, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Crom Castle, County Fermanagh, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.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
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, 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
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
Note that the majority of these are private houses, not open to the public. I discovered “my bible” of big houses by Mark Bence-Jones only after I began this project of visiting historic houses that have days that they are open to the public (Section 482 properties).
This is a project I have been working on for a while, collecting pictures of houses. Enjoy! Feel free to contact me to send me better photographs if you have them! I’ll be adding letters as I go…
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Bagenalstown House, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow
Bagenalstown House, County Carlow, between 1880-1900, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Bailieborough Castle (also known as Lisgar House or The Castle), Co Cavan – demolished
Bailieborough Castle (also known as Lisgar House or The Castle), Co Cavan, courtesy Archiseek
Balheary House, Swords, Co Dublin – demolished 2005
Ballintober House, Ballinahassig, Co Cork – demolished
Ball’s Grove, Drogheda, Co Louth
Ball’s Grove, County Louth, courtesy National Inventory.
Bally Ellis, County Wexford
Ballyanahan (or Ballyenahan), Co Cork
Ballyanahan (or Ballyenahan), Co Cork, photograph courtesy National Inventory.
Ballyanne House, New Ross, Co Wexford
Ballyarnett, Derry, County Derry
Ballyarthur, Woodenbridge, Co Wicklow
Ballyarthur, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.Ballyarthur Castle entrance, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Ballybricken, Ringaskiddy, Co Cork
Ballybroony, Co Mayo
Ballybroony, County Mayo, courtesy National Inventory.
Ballyburly, Edenderry, Co Offaly
Ballyburly, County Offaly, entrance front, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Ballycanvan House, Waterford, Co Waterford
Ballycarron House, Golden, Co Tipperary
Ballycastle Manor House, County Antrim
Ballyclough, Kilworth, Co Cork – partly demolished
Ballyclough, Kilworth, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.Ballyclough, County Cork, Victorian photograph, Irish Architectural Archive, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Ballyconnell House, County Donegal, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Ballyconra House, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny
Ballyconra House, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.
Ballycross, Bridgetown, Co Wexford – demolished
Ballycullen, Askeaton, Co Limerick
Ballycurrin Castle, Co Mayo
Ballycurrin, County Mayo, courtesy Colman Sherry Solicitors.
Ballycurry, Ashford, Co Wicklow
Ballycurry House, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Ballydarton, near Leighlinbridge, Co Carlow
Ballydarton, County Carlow, designed by Daniel Robertson, in 1830.Photograph courtesy Historic Houses of Ireland.
Ballydavid, Woodstown, County Waterford
Ballydivity, Ballymoney, County Antrim
Ballydonelan Castle, Loughrea, Co Galway – ‘lost’
Ballydonelan Castle entrance front, County Galway, collection: Bertie Donohoe, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Ballydrain House, Drumbeg, County Antrim
Ballydrain House, Drumbeg, County Antrim, photograph courtesy Archiseek.
Ballyduff, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny
Ballyduff House, County Kilkenny, courtesy of National Inventory.
Ballydugan House, Portaferry, County Down
Used to provide accommodation, I’m not sure if it still does.
Ballydugan House, County Down, photograph courtesy of Discover Northern Ireland.
Ballyedmond, Midleton, Co Cork – demolished after 1960.
Ballyedmond Castle, Killowen, County Down – can visit gardens.
Ballyedmond Castle, County Down, photograph courtesy of Archiseek.
Ballyeigan, Birr, Co Offaly
Ballyeigan House, County Offaly, photograph courtesy National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Ballyellis, Buttevant, Co Cork
Ballyfin House, Mountrath, County Laois – hotel
Ballyfin, photograph by Tony Pleavin 2018 for Tourism Ireland. Wrought-iron curvilinear Victorian conservatory, c.1855, on a rectangular plan with apsidal ends and glazed corridor linking it to Ballyfin House. Designed by Richard Turner.
Ballygiblin, County Cork, 1986, photograph: William Garner. Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Ballyglan, Woodstown, Co Waterford
Ballyglunin Park, Monivea, Co. Galway
Ballyglunin Park, County Galway, photograph courtesy of house’s website.
Ballynaguarde, County Limerick, c.1949. The main facade with statue of Hercules, photograph: Standish Stewart. Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara, Co. Galway – hotel
Ballynahinch Castle, photograph courtesy of hotel website.
Ballyneale House, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.
Ballynegall, Mullingar, Co Westmeath
Ballynegall, County Westmeath entrance hall 1961 photograph: Hugh Doran, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Ballynoe (or Newtown), Tullow, Co Carlow
Ballynoe (or Newtown), Tullow, Co Carlow photograph courtesy Irish Times April 18, 2013.
Ballynoe House, Rushbrooke, Co Cork
Ballynoe House, Rushbrooke, Co Cork courtesy National Inventory.
Ballynoe, Ballingarry, Co Limerick
Ballynoe, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.
Ballynure, Grange Con, Co Wicklow
Ballynure House, County Wicklow, Photograph courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Ballyorney House, Enniskerry, County Wicklow
Ballyowen (formerly New Park), Cashel, Co Tipperary
Ballyowen House, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
Ballyquin House, Ardmore, Co Waterford
Ballyragget Grange, County Kilkenny (see The Grange)
Ballyrankin, Ferns, County Wexford
Ballysaggartmore, Lismore, Co Waterford – lost
The Gate Lodge, Ballysaggartmore, Lismore, Co Waterford Courtesy of Luke Myers 2015, for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.
Bargy Castle, County Wexford, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.Bargy Castle, County Wexford, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Barmeath Castle, Dunleer, Drogheda, Co Louth – section 482 in 2019
Barmeath, County Louth, photograph courtesy of Historic Houses of Ireland.
Baronscourt, County Tyrone, courtesy of their website.
Baronston House (or Baronstown), Ballinacargy, Co Westmeath
Baronstown , County Westmeath entrance front, collection: Geoffrey Brooke, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Barraghcore House, Goresbridge, Co Kilkenny
Barraghcore, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.
Bective House, County Meath, photograph courtesy Irish Times.
Bedford House, Listowel, Co Kerry
Bedford House, County Kerry, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Beech Park, Clonsilla, Co Dublin
Beechmount, Rathkeale, Co Limerick
Beechmount House, County Limerick, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Beechmount House, County Limerick, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Beechmount House, County Limerick, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.Beechmount House, County Limerick, courtesy of National Inventory.
Beechwood Park, Nenagh, Co Tipperary
Beechwood, County Tipperary, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Beechy Park (formerly Bettyfield), Rathvilly, Co Carlow
Beechy Park, County Carlow, photograph courtesy Irish Independent 13 January, 2009.
Belan, Co Laois
Belan House, County Laois, courtesy National Inventory
Belan, County Kildare – ‘lost’
Belcamp House (also known as Belcamp Hutchinson), Balgriffin, County Dublin – a college
Belcamp House, County Dublin, photograph by Lainey Tess Quinn, abandonedworldphotograph.com
Belcamp Hall, Balgriffin, County Dublin
Belcamp, Dublin photograph by Bob Linsdell, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Belcamp Park, Balgriffin, County Dublin
Belfast Castle, County Antrim
Belfast Castle and Gardens, photograph by Aidan Monaghan 2015 for Tourism Ireland
Belgard, County Dublin, photograph courtesy of Georgian Mansions in Ireland with some account of the evolution of Georgian Architecture and Decoration by Thomas U. Sadleir and Page L. Dickinson. Dublin University Press, 1915.
Belgrove, Cobh, Co Cork – demolished 1954
Bellaghy Castle and Bawn, Bellaghy, County Derry
Bellair, Ballycumber, County Offaly
Bellair House, Tullamore, Ballycumber, County Offaly for sale, photograph courtesy Savills.
Bellamont Forest, Cootehill, Co Cavan
Bellamont Forest, Cootehill, Co Cavan courtesy National Inventory.
Bellarena, Magilligan, County Derry
Belle Isle, Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh
Belle Isle Castle, County Fermanagh by Brian Morrison, 2008 for Tourism Ireland.
Belle Isle, Lorrha, Co Tipperary
Belle Isle, I think this is County Tipperary, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Belleek Castle (or Manor, or Ballina House), Ballina, Mayo – gives tours and hotel
Belleek Manor, or Castle, courtesy of National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Bellegrove (also Rathdaire), Ballybrittas, Co Laois – (demolished)
Bellegrove, County Laois, photographs by Colin Colleran on facebook.
Belleview, Co Cavan
Belleville Park (see Bellville) Cappoquin, County Waterford
Bellevue, Tamlaght, County Fermanagh
Bellevue, Co Galway (see Lisreaghan) – ‘lost’
Bellevue House, Slieverue, Co Kilkenny
Bellevue, County Kilkenny, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Bellevue, Co Leitrim
Bellevue, Borrisokane, County Tipperary
Bellevue, Delgany, Co Wicklow
Bellevue, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.Bellevue, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.Bellevue, County Wicklow, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.
Belline, Piltown, Co Kilkenny
Belline, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.
Bellinter House near Bective, County Meath – hotel and restaurant
Bellinter House, County Meath, 2007, photograph courtesy of flickr commons.
Bessborough, County Cork, courtesy of National Inventory.
Bessborough, Piltown, Co Kilkenny (Kidalton College)
Bessborough, County Kilkenny, in Georgian Mansions in Ireland with some account of the evolution of Georgian Architecture and Decoration by Thomas U. Sadleir and Page L. Dickinson.
Bessmount Park, Drumrutagh, Co Monaghan
Bessmount, County Monaghan, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
Bettyfield (see Beechy Park), County Carlow
Bingfield, Crossdoney, Co Cavan
Bingfield, Crossdoney, Co Cavan courtesy National Inventory.
Bingham Castle, Belmullet, Co Mayo
Birchfield, Co Clare – ‘lost’
Birchfield, County Clare entrance front, Collection of Mrs Grania Weir. Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Birdstown House, Muff, Co Donegal – burnt ca 1984
Birr Castle, Co Offaly – open to public
Birr Castle, Count Offaly, photograph by Chris Hill 2018, for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.
Bishop’s Palace, Kilkenny, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.Bishop’s Palace, Kilkenny, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.Bishop’s Palace, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.Bishop’s Palace, Waterford, photograph from the National Library of Ireland, flickr constant commons.
Bishopscourt, Straffan, Co Kildare
Bishopscourt House in 1879, from The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Francis Orpen Morris.
Black Castle, Navan, Co Meath
Black Hall, Termonfeckin, Co Louth
Black Hall, County Louth, courtesy National Inventory.
Blackhall, Clane, Co Kildare
Blackrock, Bantry (see Bantry House), Co Cork
Blackwater Castle (or Castle Widenham), Castletownroche, Co Cork
Blackwater Castle (Castle Widenham, or Blackwater Valley Castle) Castletownroache, Co Cork, courtesy of Sherry Fitzgerald.
Joseph Tudor’s engraving dated 1745 of Blessington House. Joseph Tudor (1695–1759). “A North Prospect of Blessingtown, A Seat belonging to the Right Honourable The Earl of Blessingtown Viscount Mountjoy, Baron of Ramelton and Baronet.”
Bloomfield, Claremorris, Co Mayo – demolished
Bloomfield, Co Westmeath
Bloomfield, a country house erected for William Russell Farmar JP (1802-71) to a design by Daniel Robertson. Photograph from National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Bloomsbury House, Kells, County Meath
Boakefield, Ballitore, Co Kildare
Boakefield, Ballitore, Co Kildare courtesy National Inventory.
Bogay, Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal
Bogay House, County Donegal, courtesy of daft.ie
Bolton Castle, Moone, Co Kildare
Bonnettstown Hall, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny
Bonnetstown, County Kilkenny, courtesy of National Inventory.
Boomhall, County Derry
Boomhall, County Derry, photograph courtesy Derry Journal 26 March 2022.
Borris House, County Carlow – section 482 in 2019
Borris House, Borris, Co Carlow, photograph by Suzanne Clarke 2016, for Tourism Ireland, Ireland’s Content Pool.
Borrismore House (formerly Marymount), Urlingford, Co Kilkenny
Bowen’s Court, Kildorrery, County Cork– demolished 1961
Bowen’s Court, County Cork courtesy Archiseek.
Boyne House (see Stackallan) County Meath
Boytonrath, Cashel, Co Tipperary
Bracklyn Castle, Killucan, Co Westmeath
Bracklyn House, County Westmeath, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
Brade House, Leap, Co Cork
Braganstown, Castlebellingham, Co Louth
Braganza, Carlow, Co Carlow – converted into apartments
Braganza, Carlow, Co Carlow courtesy Archiseek.
Breaghwy (or Breaffy), Castlebar, Co Mayo – hotel
Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, Co Mayo (formerly Breaghwy), photograph courtesy National Inventory.
Brianstown, Cloondara, Co Longford
Bridestown, Glenville, Co Cork
Bridestown County Cork courtesy National Inventory.
Bridestream House, Knocknatulla, Co Meath
Brightsfieldstown, Minane Bridge, Co Cork – demolished 1984
Brittas Castle, Clonaslee, Co Laois – ruin
Brittas Castle, County Laois, courtesy National Inventory.
Brittas, Nobber, County Meath
Brittas Castle, Thurles, Co Tipperary
Brittas Castle, County Tipperary, photograph courtesy of National Inventory.
Brockley Park, Stradbally, Co Laois – a ruin
Brockley Park, County Laois drawing room ceiling c. 1944, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
Burnchurch house, County Kilkenny, courtesy National Inventory.
Burnham House, near Dingle, Co Kerry
Burnham Manor, Dingle, County Kerry, photograph by Robert French, Lawrence Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland.Burnham House, Co Kerry courtesy Archiseek.
Burntcourt Castle, or Burncourt, or Everard’s Castle, Clogheen, Co Tipperary
Burncourt, CountyTipperary courtesy Mike Searle, Creative Commons geograph.org.uk -1393348
Burrenwood Cottage, County Down
Burton Hall, County Carlow – demolished
Burton Hall, County Carlow, entrance front before removal of top floor. Victorian Photographs. Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.
A three-bay single-storey over basement granite built residence remains, built c. 1725, originally wing of the larger house, which was demolished around 1930.
Burton Park (formerly Burton House), Churchtown, Co Cork – section 482 in 2019
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