Kilbrogan House
Kilbrogan House is an early 19th-century Georgian house situated in Bandon, County Cork in Ireland. The house was built in 1818 and was originally part of the Bandon estate of William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire.[1]
History
Kilbrogan House was built in 1818.[1] Some original Georgian features include ornate cornicings in the main reception rooms and above the stairwell and entrance hall. A cantilever staircase leads upwards to the second floor.
The house was leased by the Devonshire Estate to John Hornibrook, a local tanner. In 1896, Spencer Compton, the 8th Duke of Devonshire, sold the freehold to George Thomas Jones who was a land agent. He held on to the house for only four years and on 16 March 1900 he sold the freehold to his business partner, Richard Wheeler Doherty. An auction of the effects of George Thomas Jones took place in the house in 1900.[citation needed]
A large greenhouse was erected on the south wall of the garden in 1901, and the conservatory on the first floor of the house was most likely added at the same time.[citation needed] Richard Wheeler Doherty leased the house to a family of McCarthys who were solicitors in the town. They moved out in 1912 and the house was then leased to Joseph Brennan who lived in the house until 1946.[citation needed]
Brennan's business interests in the town included a bakery, a brewery, a corn merchant, a mill and electric company and a grocery and wine business. He had flour mills on the northern side of the river adjacent to the weir and supplied electric power to the town from 1919 until 1939. The mills were destroyed by fire in May 1968. Joseph Brennan's son, also Joseph Brennan, was a civil servant who became Secretary of the Department of Finance, Chairman of the Currency Commission from 1927 until 1943 and was governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 1943 to 1953. His signature appeared on the Irish Currency notes for many years.[1][2] The house became known locally as "Jo Pound Note".[citation needed]
The freehold of the home passed from Richard Doherty to his wife and then to his daughter in 1939. She sold the freehold of the property in 1967, and the house changed hands several times. In 1992, the present owner started renovating the house and in March 2004 opened it as a bed and breakfast.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kilbrogan House, Kilbrogan Hill, Coolfadda, Bandon, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ History of our Currency, from the pound to the euro. With a note on Joseph Brennan, first Governor of the Central Bank. Bandon Historical Journal. No 16. 2000
External links
- "Kilbrogan House: Official website". Archived from the original on 3 February 2015.
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