Overview
Coolkellure House is recorded as country house in Cork. The saved source gives an exact reason to look beyond the map label: Detached ashlar limestone country house, built c.1865, having attached tower, and gabled bays and bay windows.
Why it was built
The saved source records: Detached ashlar limestone country house, built c.1865, having attached tower, and gabled bays and bay windows.
People and work
The short source does not safely name the people, events or traditions tied to this exact point. A famous nearby story is not attached without evidence that it belongs here.
How it changed
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
What survives
The official record fixes the place and calls it country house. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
Coolkellure House matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This late Victorian house, along with St. Edmund's Church of Ireland church, was commissioned by the Shuldham family and designed by Henry Hill. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Gallaun — Coolkelluremonument0.3 miles
- Coolkellure Lodgebuilding0.4 miles
- Grave Yard — Dromdrasdilmonument0.4 miles
- St. Edmunds Church — Dromdrasdilmonument0.4 miles
- St. Edmund's Church of Ireland Church — Coolkellurebuilding0.4 miles
- Stone row in Dromdrasdilmonument0.4 miles
- school — Coolkellurebuilding0.5 miles
- Enclosure in Derryduff (carbery East (w.d.) By.)monument0.6 miles
- Cupmarked stone in Derryduff (carbery East (w.d.) By.)monument0.6 miles
- Holy Well — Derryduff (carbery East (w.d.) By.)monument0.6 miles
- Grave — Inch Eastmonument0.7 miles
- Enclosure in Dromdrasdilmonument0.7 miles
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