Coolmore House is a

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house located near

Carrigaline Carrigaline () is a town and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the River Owenabue. Located about south of Cork city, and with a population of 15,770 people, it is one of the largest commuter towns of the city. The R611 regiona ...

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History

Built in 1788 by W.W. Newewnham (father of

Edward Newenham Sir Edward Newenham (1734–1814) was an Irish politician. Life A younger son of William Newenham, of Coolmore House, County Cork, and Dorothea, daughter and heiress of Edward Worth, he was born on 5 November 1734. He was appointed collector o ...

), Coolmore House is on the site of an older building from the late 1600s. This site has been the ancestral home of the Newenham family since that time. The property was still owned by the Newenham family as of 2014. As of 2022, the house is in a derelict state.

Trivia

In the 1983 television adaption of Molly Keane's Good Behaviour, Coolmore House was used as the fictional setting of Temple Alice. A painting of the house was commissioned by the Newenhams in 1809 by

Gaspare Gabrielli Gaspare Gabrielli (1770–1828) was an Italian painter, active in painting land- and sea-scapes in a Neoclassical style. He worked for many years in Dublin, Ireland. He was a key witness in the Cloncurry adultery case in 1807, where he gave comp ...

. It sold for £156,500 at auction in 2007.

References

{{Coord, 51, 48, 45, N, 8, 20, 30, W, display=title Buildings and structures completed in 1788 Buildings and structures in County Cork