Earlier this month, January, I travelled down to West Cork, Ireland to see the abandoned fortified house known as Coppinger's Court and to get some photos and videos of the spot.
Coppinger's court, located near Rosscarbery, was built in 1616 for/by Sir Walter Coppinger.
Walter Coppingers was a well know money lender/loan shark whichever you prefer to call him. His plan was to build a small town around his house but was opposed by the other locals at the time. If someone would disagree with his ideas the story goes he would hang the person or people from one of the sides of the house, because of this there has been reports of hauntings in the house. People have reported to have heard screaming at night or have felt like they're being watched.
One story is that, the screams are from Sir Walter himself, the story says he died in a fit of rage when he couldn't execute a servent of his on a Sunday. Another story says the house was burned down by his servents after he told them that he was going out to settle an argument with a neighbour and if he didn't return by a certain hour. Sir Walter would win the argument but forgot about his instruction after going out to celebrate with alot of food and wine.
On Wikipedia it says the house was burned down in 1641 during an attack in the Irish rebellion.
Sir Walter Coppinger died in 1939. The house was taken over by his brother Dominic, despite Walter having several sons. Now the house is left in ruins with barely anything done to it since..
Hope ye enjoyed the little story of what I could find online of the place. Here's some photos of the place..
Thanks for reading
Ben Mc.
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