Kilbrogan House is an early 19th century Georgian house situated in Bandon in County Cork, Ireland. The house was built in 1818 on Kilbrogan Hill near the centre of Bandon.
History edit
Kilbrogan House was built in 1818 on the Bandon estate of William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.[1] Remaining original features include ornate plaster work and exterior limestone steps.[1]
Originally owned by the Devonshire estate and let to several tenants, in the 1890s the freehold was sold to Richard Wheeler Doherty.[citation needed] Doherty leased the house to Joseph Brennan, whose business interests included a local bakery, brewery, flour mill and an electric company which supplied electricity to Bandon from 1919 to 1939.[1] In October 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, much of Bandon (including Brennan's businesses and Kilbrogan House) was attacked by British soldiers as part of a series of indiscriminate reprisals following an IRA ambush at Ballinhassig.[2][3] Joseph Brennan's son, also named Joseph Brennan and also associated with the house, was governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 1943 to 1953.[1][4]
The house changed hands several times,[1] until the then owner renovated it in the 1990s.[5] Operated as a bed and breakfast for several years,[5] as of mid-2021 it was "no longer in operation" as accommodation.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "Kilbrogan House, Kilbrogan Hill, Coolfadda, Bandon, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Reprisals (Police And Military) - HC Deb 27 October 1920 Vol 133". api.parliament.uk. UK Parliament (Hansard).
following the Ballinhassig ambush Further extensive damage was done [..] Mr. Joseph Brennan's private residence, Kilbrogan House, was then attacked by soldiers [..] Joseph Brennan, the son of the owner of Kilbrogan House, is private secretary to Sir John Anderson, one of the Irish Under-Secretaries
- ^ Donnelly, JS Jr (2010). "Unofficial British Reprisals and IRA Provocations, 1919–20: The Cases of Three Cork Towns". Éire-Ireland. 45. Irish-American Cultural Institute: 152–197. doi:10.1353/eir.2010.0002.
A glaring example of the carelessness of the unruly soldiers was their attack on Kilbrogan House, where the prosperous and well-connected occupant was Joseph Brennan
- ^ "History of our Currency, from the Pound to the Euro". Bandon Historical Journal (16). 2000. ISSN 0790-4304.
- ^ a b "Our Accommodation". kilbrogan.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015.
We fell in love with this wonderful georgian town house in the early 1990s and have spent many years restoring it
- ^ "Expert Review - Kilbrogan House". fodors.com. Fodors. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
This location is no longer in operation