Clonmoyle House

Clonmoyle House was a country house in the townland of Clonmoyle East, situated 3.9 km (2.4 mi) south-east of Aghabullogue village and 3.4 km (2.1 mi) north-east of Coachford village. The house and demesne was one of several 18th and 19th century estates built in mid-Cork along the valley of the River Lee and its tributaries. The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork (1997) describes Clonmoyle House as an abandoned two-storey country house, depicted as rectangular on the 1841 surveyed OS map, but later remodelled and enlarged by the addition of bows to side elevations and rear hipped-roof projections. An entrance front existed of three bays, with side-lights and sash windows. Clonmoyle House was once a Colthurst family residence. In A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (Samuel Lewis, 1837), the parish of Aghabologue is described as containing numerous "large and elegant houses", including "Clonmoyle, the seat of C. Colthurst, Esq". Agriculture was said to have locally improved by the exertions of Colthurst and other proprietors, who introduced a system of irrigation, drainage, and a culture of green crops. The tithe applotment book for the townland of Clonmoyle East (1823-1837) records "Charles Colthurst, Esq." as occupying 36 acres. Colthurst was the son of John Colthurst and Jane Bowen. The Ordnance Survey name book (c. 1840) refers to a demesne on the southern side of Clo

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