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Bantry House is a historic house with gardens in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. Originally built in the early 18th century, it has been owned and occupied by the White family (formerly Earls of Bantry) since the mid-18th century. Opened to the public since the 1940s, the house, estate and gardens are a tourist destination in West Cork. [2]
Kilcoe Castle is a 15th-century coastal tower house located on a 0.81 ha (2 acres) island, [2] called Mannin Beg, [3] in the Kilcoe townland in Roaringwater Bay in West Cork, Ireland. Design [ edit ]
This is a list of historic houses in the Republic of Ireland which serves as a link page for any stately home or historic house in Ireland. County Carlow [ edit ]
Carriganass Castle (Caisleán Charraig an Easa in Irish, meaning The Castle on the Rock of the Waterfall) is a 16th-century tower house in County Cork. It is situated about 8 kilometres north-east of Bantry , close to the village of Kealkill , in West Cork .
Kilcrea Castle in Ireland Kilcrea Castle is a ruined 15th-century towerhouse and bawn located near the Kilcrea Friary , west of Cork City , Ireland. The tower house and friary were both built by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muskerry .
It is a typical late mediaeval tower house with a bawn (a curtain wall). [11] It is four storeys tall; on the interior were a basement, parlour, armoury, privy, chapel, study and private rooms. [12] View of the castle
Coppingers Court. Coppingers Court is a ruined four-storey fortified house dating from 1616, situated on private property approximately 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) from the sea. It was built by Sir Walter Coppinger and located in Ballyvireen valley, west of Rosscarbery in County Cork, Ireland.
Though remodelled twice it remains one of the best-known examples of a Tudor house in Ireland. [3] The house was acquired by the Hayman family in the 18th century. [4] [5] In the 20th century, it was the home of Sir Henry Arthur Blake and Lady Blake. At this time, the building housed "the best collection of West Indian paintings and sketches". [6]