Bence-Jones, Mark

Killora Lodge, Glouthaune, Co Cork

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Killora Lodge, Glouthaune, Co Cork

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  

p. 298. (Mahony/IFR) A two storey five bay late Georgian house with eaved roof. Fanlighted doorway, now inside later porch with doors at sides and modillion cornice. Cornices of early to mid-C19 plasterwork in principal rooms. The home of Mrs Francis Mahony.”

Kilfinnan Castle, Glandore, Co Cork

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Kilfinnan Castle, Glandore, Co Cork

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

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  

p. 167. “(Hussey De Burgh/IFR) A castellated house overlooking Glandore Harbour. In recent years, the home of Mrs McCarthy Essaye.” 

Kilcrone, Cloyne, Co Cork

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Kilcrone, Cloyne, Co Cork

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  

p. 298. “(Hanning, LG1863) A bow ended C18 house of three storeys over basement and six bays, with a High Victorian central feature consisting of a tower-like three storey projection with pointed windows and an ornate enclosed porch projecting still further and entered from the side” 

Kilcrenagh, Carrigrohane, Co Cork 

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Kilcrenagh, Carrigrohane, Co Cork  

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  

p. 166. “Pike/LGI1958) A house of late Georgian appearance, consisting of a centre of three storeys over basement and three bays with two storeys three bay wings set a little back. Round-headed entrance doorway in centre flanked by two storey bows. Burnt ca 1920. 

Kilcor Castle, Castlelyons, Co Cork  

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Kilcor Castle, Castlelyons, Co Cork  

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  

“(Phipps/IFR) A c19 castellated house with Wyatt windows.” 

Kilcoleman, Bandon, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

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Kilcoleman, Bandon, Co Cork – ‘lost’  

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

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  

p. 165. “(Longfield/IFR) A three storey house of mid-C18…burnt 1921.” 

Listed in 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 storey plain late 18C house with a 19C porch on the entrance front. Burnt in 1921.“

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

Kilbyrne, Doneraile, Co Cork  – ‘lost’  

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Kilbyrne, Doneraile, Co Cork  – ‘lost’  

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

p. 164. “Grove-White/IFR) A two storey three bay late Georgian house with a single-storey Doric portico, with a Victorian wing at one side. The home of Co. James Grove-White, the antiquary and historian of North Cork. Sold ca 1956, now demolished.” 

Listed in 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.

Kilbrittain Castle, Kilbrittain, Co Cork

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Kilbrittain Castle, Kilbrittain, Co Cork

Kilbrittain Castle, County Cork.

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  

p. 164. “(Stawell/LGI1912) A C16 tower-house of the MacCarthys, protected by a turret boawn, incorporated in a C18 house built ante 1750 by Jonas Stawell, which was rebuilt as a castle in mid-C19. Of two storeys over a high basement, and faced in random ashlar; with a battlemented parapet, corner-bartizans and a square tower at one end. Mullioned windows, more of less regularly disposed; pointed entrance doorway opening onto a perron with long twin flights of steps. The castle stands on top of a hill, with wide views over surrounding countryside and down a valley to the sea. The entrance front faces over a bawn, on one side of which there was formerly a less heavily castellated C18 range with a Venetian window. The castle was burnt in early 1920s and stood for nearly half a century as a spectacular ruin; parts of it, including the range with the Venetian window, being demolished. Then, from 1968 onwards, the surviving main building of the castle was restored by Mr Russell Winn.” 

Kilbrack, Doneraile, Co Cork  

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Kilbrack, Doneraile, Co Cork  

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

p. 164. “(Stawell/LGI1912) A square two storey late-Georgian house. Attractive wooden staircase. A seat of the Stawell family; in ca 1910, the residence of Capt W.H.Nichols; in more recent times, of Major and Mrs N.S.Regnart.” 

Kilbolane Castle, Charleville, Co Cork

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Kilbolane Castle, Charleville, Co Cork

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  

p. 164. “(Bowen/IFR; Bruce/LGI1958) A house built 1695 or soon afterwards by John Bowen, whose family had hitherto lived in a lean-to within the walls of the old Desmond castle here, which had been granted to his maternal grandfather, the Cromwellian Capt John Nicholls. Of two storeys over basement, five bay front…There was a lengthy dispute between the Bowen and Evans families as to the ownership of part of the Kilbolane estate, with litigation that lasted from 1759-64. Then Henry Bowen built Bowen’s Court on the original Bowen estate near Kildorrery, with the result that Henry Bowen’s son, another Henry, sold Kilbolane 1795 to the Bruce family, of Miltown Castle, Co Cork. At the beginning of the present century, it was owned by David O’Leary Hannigan.” 

The Buildings of Ireland. Cork City and County. Frank Keohane. Yale University Press: New Haven and London. 2020. 

p. 13. From the mid c13 the construction of keeps was abandoned in favour of enclosure castles with flanking towers, which allowed for a more efficient defense. Liscarrol and Kilbolane (Milford) are the prime examples of these keep-less castles in Cork.