homes historical around blarney

When the Italian stuccodores Paolo and Filippo La Francini came to Ireland in 1734 their first and most important early work was for Jemmett Browne, later Archbishop of Cork. In the 1730s Dr. Browne enlarged and remodelled the original 1602 Riverstown House. The La Francinis adorned the ceiling of the dining-room with allegorical figures representing 'Time rescuing Truth from the Assaults of Discord and Envy' and also its walls with classical figures and exuberant rococco flowers and foliage....

During the late eighteenth century, successful Cork merchants built a string of elegant villas along the banks of the Lee Estuary. Many of these have now disappeared, but one which still survives intact is Dunkathel, alias Dunkettle, a solid neo-classical house with an idyllic parkland setting lying just below the mouth of the Glanmire River....

Blarney House is one of the most Elegant and Gracious of the Great Houses of Ireland. A family house now tastefully restored to its former glory. Built in 1874 it is beautifully situated overlooking Blarney Lake. It contains a collection of Early Furniture, Family Portraits, Tapestries and Work of Art. Conducted Tours of the House....

The ruins of a 4-storey house consisting of a central block flanked by two fortified square blocks on the east side and with another in the centre of the west side. There are some mullioned windows on the top floor on the western side, while there are well-preserved turrets on the southern side and at the north-western corner just below the parapets. The chimney stacks are well preserved. The house was built by Sir Walter Coppinger who surrendered his estates to James 1 in 1616 and had them regr...