Cappoquin House

Hugh Croker on behalf of the Earl of Cork occupied the castle, and successfully resisted an assault by the Confederate Catholics under General Purcell in 1643.

[2] The building is a detached seven-bay two-storey over basement house surrounded by notable formal gardens and landscaped grounds which are open to the public.

[4] He built a flat concrete roof using a technique developed by James Hardress de Warrenne Waller known as Nofrango.

[2] In November 1973 during a dispute with tenants over ground rents, a milking parlour on the estate was destroyed by a 50 lb (23 kg) bomb.

[5] The landscaped gardens are the work of Lady Olivia Keane who, after years of neglect following World War I, designed the grounds.