- Address
- Knockavilla
- Type
- Country house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 22205222
Killenure Castle
Knockavilla, Dundrum
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Killenure Castle
The National Inventory rates Killenure Castle Regional, one of 7 in Dundrum. Its record dates Killenure Castle to 1780–1820.
This multi-period country house was formerly the home of the antiquary Austin Cooper.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 22205222 · 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 · 22205222↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding Killenure Castle
Dundrum
Houses on the record near Dundrum
8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo. Closest of all: Thurles Courthouse, Thurles, 19 km away. The farthest is “House, 1 New Quay, Abbey Street” in Clonmel, 30 km away.
Questions about Killenure Castle
Is Killenure Castle on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 22205222).
Can you visit Killenure Castle?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Killenure Castle built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1780–1820.
Is Killenure 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) · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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