In the Civil Survey 1654-1656, Ardoginna House is mentioned as being a property comprising of 220 acres and owned by a papist, James FitzGerald. In the following centuries, ownership changed a number of times. Owners included the Costen family, Sir Frances Prendergast, and then the Coughlan Family. Following the marriage of Eliza Coughlan to the Duc de Castries, the estate ultimately passed onto the Duc's daughter Elizabeth and her husband Patrice MacMahon, later to become the President of France in 1873. Patrice sold the property in 1865 to Sir Joseph McKenna, a barrister and nationalist MP for nearby Youghal from 1865-1868 and again from 1874-1885. Sir Joseph died in August 1906, while Lady McKenna died in July 1907. They were buried in a vault in an adjoining field, adorned with a large stone angel. Family members eventually moved to England, and the house was looted in the 1920s and fell into disrepair. The property was subsequently sold and the roof removed - the fate of most of the fine old buildings and churches in the 19th and 20th centuries due to the imposition of rates on all roofed buildings.
The ruins lie in private property, but can be viewed from the cache site. You also get great views of the entirity of Youghal Bay with unique views of Caliso Bay, Youghal beach and Ring Strand in the distance adjacent to Knockadoon Head and Capel Island.