This is Coppinger's Court in West Cork. We visited it as part of a field trip for our Archaeology Early Start class (where we went to school a month early in order to get used to the different school system). This building represents a transition from the Late Medieval period and castles into the Early Modern Period and gentleman's estates. It was built by Walter Coppinger, a successful business man, in the 17th century. It thrived for a short amount of time but when his son took over, the estate faltered and fell. In front of this would have been an expansive garden. Now, it is on farm land and cows can graze here! You can see the little metal fence there in the entrance; that's some sort of modern animal pen. Only in Ireland!
There is a TON more I could say about this, but I don't want to go on and on! For some more quick reading: http://www.abandonedireland.com/cc.html
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