In November 1860 Charles William Cooper assumed by Royal Licence and according to the terms of his late uncle Charles King O’Hara, the latter’s surname thereby ensuring that he might inherit the O’Hara family seat at Annaghmore in County Sligo. Having done so, he then embarked on an extensive building programme, not only refurbishing and enlarging the main house (see High Victoriana « The Irish Aesthete) but also the adjacent stableyard, seen here. The nine bay, two-storey facade has a gable-fronted bays at either end and a single-bay central breakfront with entrance arch above which are the O’Hara arms and a clock set in a roundel. Inside the courtyard, the opposite side of the arch features a stone plaque bearing the date 1864 and Charles William O’Hara’s initials. James Franklin Fuller is thought to have been the architect responsible for work carried out on the house at the time, so he may well have had a hand here too.
Hmmmm.The stable yard has little of Fuller in its design? The window pattern is not typical of his style, nor are the brickwork chimneys. Aside from the armorial shield and the corbels, his usual hallmarks are absent. Fuller was living in London 1850- 1860 (he married there in August 1860) and returned to Kerry in mid-1861, where he was fully occupied with local work (e.g. an extension at Derryquin Castle, and in 1863 the Protestant Hall in Tralee).
In 1863 he was the successful applicant for the role of North Western District Architect for the Irish Ecclesiastical Commissioners. He moved to Kileshandra mid 1863 (his first son was born there in July) and in his new job worked on design / renovation / restoration of glebes, rectories, churches, etc. until 1869, when the Church of Ireland was disestablished. He was living in Co. Cavan in October 1870. He established his own practice in Dublin and the renovations and extension at Annaghmore were his first big job, closely followed by Mount Falcon. So if the stable yard is by Fuller it dates to that year.