- Type
- Gate lodge
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20903906
Drishane Castle
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Drishane Castle
The National Inventory rates Drishane Castle Regional, one of 16 in Millstreet. Drishane Castle dates from 1860–1880.
This gate lodge is built in the castle style which became popular in the mid-nineteenth century. The asymmetrical façade is embellished by frivolous crenellations and corbels.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20903906 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 20903906↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Drishane Castle
Millstreet
Near Millstreet: more houses on the record
Macroom Castle in Macroom is the nearest, at 19 km. The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. At the edge of the list, 28 km away: “House, 29-30 O'Brien Street”, Mallow.
Questions about Drishane Castle
Is Drishane Castle on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20903906).
Can you visit Drishane Castle?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Drishane Castle built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1880.
Is Drishane Castle protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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