{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox historic site | name = Coolhull Castle | native_name = Caisleán Chúil Choll | native_language = ga | image = Coolhull_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_14545.jpg | caption = | other_name = | locmapin = Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|52.234215|N|6.704587|W|display=inline,title}} | location = Coolhull, Bannow,<br/>County Wexford, Ireland | area = Bargy | built = late 16th century | architect = | architecture = | governing_body = | owner = State | type = Fortified house | height = | embedded = {{Infobox designation list | embed =yes | designation2 = National Monument of Ireland | designation2_offname = Coolhull Castle | designation2_number = 644<ref>{{cite web |title=National Monuments of County Wexford in State Care |url=http://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-wexford.pdf |page=1 |website=heritageireland.ie |publisher=National Monument Service |accessdate=23 November 2022}}</ref> }} }}
'''Coolhull Castle''' is a late 16th century<ref name="rothery" /> fortified house and National Monument located in County Wexford, Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yj1TAAAAcAAJ&q=Coolhull&pg=PA441|title=Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Polite literature and antiquities|date=1 January 1867|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="rothery">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsUyAQAAIAAJ&q=%22coolhull%20castle%22|title=A field guide to the buildings of Ireland: illustrating the smaller buildings of town & countryside|first=Sean|last=Rothery|date=1 October 1997|publisher=Lilliput|isbn=9781874675815|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Location==
Coolhull Castle is located in south County Wexford near Bannow Bay, {{Convert|4.6|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Wellingtonbridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXQHAAAAQAAJ&q=Coolhull&pg=PA191|title=Guide through Ireland|first=James Fraser (of|last=Dublin.)|date=1 January 1844|publisher=|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==History==
There are no historical references to Coolhull Castle although it is known that a John Devereux owned land at Coolhull in 1640.
==Building==
Coolhull Castle has a four-storey service tower and three-storey rectangular block (hall house) attached with a hall at first-floor level. Both sections have Irish crenellations. There is a bartizan in the northeast. The tower doorway is protected by a murder-hole. Other features include fireplaces, garderobe and slop stone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishantiquities.bravehost.com/wexford/coolhull/coolhull.html|title=Coolhull Castle|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelmania-ireland.com/place.php?id=1028|title=Travelmania Ireland - Coolhull Castle Ruins, County Wexford|publisher=|access-date=16 September 2016|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618134541/http://www.travelmania-ireland.com/place.php%3Fid%3D1028|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.ie/photo/14545|title=Geograph:: Coolhull Castle (C) Pam Brophy|publisher=}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:National monuments in County Wexford Category:Castles in County Wexford