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Ballyvourney.
The following is the Irish Tourist Association Topographical and General Survey for Ballyvourney. -
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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. -
Ballynatray House from across the Blackwater : graphic.
Digital image created by Davison and Associates, Dublin. Image number D40T9019-. -
Ballynatray House : graphic.
View over bridge with Ballynatray house in the distance. Digital image created by Davison & Associates, Dublin. Image number 170709-096.