[1] Kiltinan is one of the oldest inhabited castles in Ireland, having been built in the thirteenth century.
Features of the castle demesne include the castellated gateway at its main entrance,[4] its dovecote (pigeon house) which dates from the fifteenth century,[5] its Sheila-na-Gig stone,[6] and its pet graveyard, which dates to the early twentieth century.
[2][8][9] Following the bombardment, Kiltinan was extensively remodelled by the Cooke family in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The captain's wife Joan de Sales La Terriere was a well-known horsewoman and socialite.
[citation needed] The stud farm which is attached to the castle is now run by Madeleine Gurdon, the wife of Andrew Lloyd Webber.