Timoleague House, Timoleague, 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. 272. “(Travers. IFR) A square late-Georgian house, built ca 1830 by Col. Robert Travers. Burnt 1920, a new house built on different site 1924 by S.E. Travers to the design of W. Henry Hill of Cork. The new house is of stone, with a high eaved roof and a 5 bay symmetrical front, with modern casement windows; the ground floor windows having pleasantly cambered heads. Ruins of old Barry castle on grounds. Gardens with notable collecting of shrubs and trees from all over the world.”