Now operating as a hotel, it was originally built to house administrating officers of the Ballincollig Gunpowder Mills site.
Hosting a number of other businesses after the mills closed, in 1983 it was converted to operate as a hotel by its then owner William (Bill) Shanahan.
[4] Oriel House was built early in the 19th century by the Board of Ordnance following their takeover of the mills site.
[7] Mr. Charles Wilkes, who was a superintendent in the Gunpowder Mills, lived in the house in the first decades of the 19th century.
Catherine was a painter, and so the Tobin's built an oriel window to provide additional light for painting.
[citation needed] In 2003, Oriel House was sold (by the Shanahan family) to William and Angela Savage of Cork Luxury Hotels.