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Ballyhea.
The following is the Irish Tourist Association Topographical and General Survey for Ballyhea. -
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Ballyhooly, Near Fermoy : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 06, no. 08 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Page 01. Smith (1750) says "a castle of the Roches, formerly a forest of great extent. It afterwards passed to Sir Rd. Aldworth. In 1645 it ws taken by lord Castlehaven. Repaired by Lady Listowel who built the house in 1871. In 1838 the "Field Book" describes it "in ruins". There are 5 rooms in the castle, the outer court and one flanker remain. A modern house is built up against it. - Cork Jour. 1897. - - Page 02. Ballyhooly, Near Fermoy - Smith. Vol.I. p.350. A castle of the Roches, formerly a forest of great extent. This estate passed afterwards to Sir Richard Aldworth. - Lewis. Vol.I. p.138. An ancient castle on a rocky eminence over the Blackwater. Formerly one of the principal fortresses of the Roches, on its forfeiture was granted with the adjoining lands to Sir Richard Aldworth. 1645 Taken by Lord Castlehaven. - Cork Jour, 1897 p.248 & 260. Windele describes it as a large Keep of Tudor age, surrounded by the vestiges of walls and towers. Over the door is a projecting machicolation, above that an embattled parapet. The arch of the ground floor room, the outer court and one flanker remain. Lady Listowel repaired the castle. There are five rooms in it, one of them panelled with old wainscoating taken from the old house at Rinny. The windows and part of the stairs are the original. The house close to the castle was built in 1871 by the same Countess. - Grove White's Notes. I. p.217 & 234. 1908 In good condition. - Ordnance Survey 1841 shows it "in ruins". - O'Flanagan (about 1884) describes it, and refers to the machicoulis over the door. - 1937. The castle has obviously been restored, glass put in the windows etc. It is very close to the modern house, on one side the rock on which it is built runs straight down to the river, and there are remains of outworks. - Download size (PDF): 172 KB. Image no Vol_06-08. -
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Ballymacoda main street : graphic.
Photograph of Ballymacoda main street with car, horse and cart, and passersby. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number: D40T8827-. -
Ballymacoda.
The following is the Irish Tourist Association Topographical and General Survey for Ballymacoda. -
Ballynatray area from a hill to the south : graphic.
Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-102. -
Ballynatray House : graphic.
View over bridge with Ballynatray house in the distance. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-096. -
Ballynatray House from across the Blackwater : graphic.
Digital image created by Davison and Associates, Dublin. Image number D40T9019-. -
Ballyvenine or Coppinger's Court : from "Castles in County Cork", Vol. 03, no. 04 : graphic
Transcript of text: - Page 01. BALLYVENINE or COPPINGERS COURT. - Smith. Vol. I. p.270. The ruins of the largest house in Carbery, erected by Sir WaIter Coppinger, he designed to build a market town here but was hindered by the rebellion of 1641, in which wars the house was destroyed. - Lewis. Vol.II. p.536. The remains of an ancient house in the Elizabethan style, formerly the residence of the Coppinger family. - Cork Journal. 1895. p.391. There is mention of Sir WaIter Coppinger, the builder of Coppingers Court. - 1936. This is a fine example of the large semi fortified houses of the Elizabethan period, which were later than the castles, but less solidly built, and have not survived as well. It is an imposing block of building, with high gables, tall chimneys, machicolations and numerous windows, some of which remain fairly perfect, with the stone mullions unharmed, at some height from the ground. It rather resembles Ightermurragh, near Castlemartyr. Like all these buildings, it is only an empty shell, the stairs and floors having long since disappeared. Most of these fortified houses had short lives, as they were only built during the latter half of the 16th Century, and were damaged and partly destroyed during the 1641 Rising. The building stands in a field, at a short distance from the sea. - Download size (PDF): 161 KB. Image no Vol_03-04. -
