1220 – Collegiate Church of St Mary, Youghal, Co. Cork
St Mary’s Collegiate Church is one of the oldest churches in the country and occupies a site devoted to religious worship since early Christian times.
1446 – Blarney Castle, Co. Cork
The third castle built on this site, with a original wooden structure believed to have existed,
1500 – Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Co. Cork
Desmond Castle was built as the Customs House for Kinsale about the year 1500 by Maurice FitzGerald,
1550s – Myrtle Grove, Youghal, Co. Cork
A tudor house dating from the 1550s that was inhabited by Sir Walter Raleigh during his time as Mayor of Youghal in the 1580s.
1595 – Market House, Kinsale, Co. Cork
The old market and courthouse is now Kinsale’s museum. With distinctive dutch gables and slate hung facade,
1610 – Boyle’s Almshouses, Youghal, Co. Cork
Endowed by Sir Richard Boyle to house six old soldiers, who were to receive a pension of £5 per annum.
1710 – Merchants Exchange, Cork
Architect: Twiss Jones
Built between 1705 and 1710, for the conduct of business between Cork’s merchant classes,
1710 – The Red House, Youghal, Co. Cork
Architect: Leuventhen
Designed by the Dutch architect and builder Leuventhen,
1713 – Southgate, Cork
Originally, like Northgate, the site of a wooden drawbridge. In May 1711,
1714 – Palace Anne, Co. Cork
Named after Anne LePoer, wife of Arthur Bernard, who built the house in 1714.
