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Historic Houses In The Republic Of Ireland
This is a list of historic houses in the Republic of Ireland which serves as a link page for any stately home or historic house in the Republic of Ireland. County Carlow *Dunleckney Manor * Lisnavagh House County Cavan *Bailieborough Castle (demolished) * Bellamont House *Cabra Castle * Castle Saunderson County Clare * Dromoland Castle * Ennistymon House (now the Falls Hotel) *Moy House County Cork *Bantry House * Bowen's Court *Clontead More House * Corkbeg House * Doneraile Court * Fota House * Lotamore House * Lotabeg House * Myrtle Grove, Youghal * Red House (Youghal) * Vernon Mount County Donegal * Ballymacool House * Convoy House * Horn Head House * Mongavlin Castle * Oakfield Demesne County Dublin * Abbeville House * Aldborough House * Ardgillan Castle *Belcamp Hall * Delville *Drimnagh Castle * Drumcondra House * Glenalbyn * Hillcourt * Howth Castle *Kenure House *Lucan House *Malahide Castle * Manresa House, Dublin *Marino House *Milverton Hall * Newbridge H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stately Home
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently, the formal business of the counties was transacted in these country houses, having functional antecedents in manor houses. With large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff, country houses were important as places of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the agricultural depressions of the 1870s, the estates, of which country houses were the hub, provided their owners with incomes. However, the late 19th and early 20th centuries were the swansong of the traditional English country house lifesty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowen's Court
Bowen's Court was a historic country house or Anglo-Irish big house near Kildorrery in County Cork, Ireland. House The house was built in the 1770s by Henry Cole Bowen (died 1788). The Bowen family were minor Irish gentry, of Welsh origin- traced back to the late 1500s- resident in County Cork since Henry Bowen, a "notoriously irreligious" Colonel in the army of the regicide Cromwell, settled in Ireland. In 1786, it was referred to as Faraghy, the seat of Mr. Cole Bowen. It was held at one time by Mrs Eliza Bowen, when it was valued at £75. The house was attacked during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Bowen's Court remained the Bowen family seat until 1959. The last owner was the novelist Elizabeth Bowen. She had a nervous breakdown in the 1950s and abandoned Bowen's Court leaving unpaid wages and bills, then sold it and stayed with friends and at hotels, before she rented a flat in Oxford. Bowen's Court was purchased, then demolished, by a developer in 1959. Book Elizabeth Bowen wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horn Head
Horn Head (Irish: ''Corrán Binne'', meaning "Hollow in the Hills") is a peninsula in Donegal, North West Ireland, close to Dunfanaghy. It forms part of Sheephaven Bay. Archeological significance Horn Head has many remains of Neolithic stone circles, court tombs, passage tombs and prehistoric field boundaries. Natural Heritage Area Horn Head cliffs rise straight out of the water to a height of about 600 ft/180 m on the ocean side of the peninsula. They are an internationally important colony for breeding seabirds. Species include the European shag and the razorbill. It is designated as an Irish Natural Heritage Area and as a refuge for fauna specifically seabirds. Horn Head cliffs are also designated a Special Protection Area and a Special Area of Conservation by the Irish government. McSwyne's Gun McSwyne's Gun is a blow hole on the west side of the peninsula. Previously, during storms, water could be forced through it to a height of 200–300 feet with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convoy, County Donegal
Convoy ( Irish: ''Conmhaigh'', "plain of hounds") is a village in the east of County Donegal in the north-west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The town is located in the Finn Valley district and is part of the Barony of Raphoe South. It is situated on the Burn Dale (also known as the Burn Deele), and is located on the R236 road to Raphoe. Convoy had a total population of 1,526 according to the 2016 census. Like many other towns in the vicinity, it has its origins in the Plantation of Ulster. Convoy is home to a mixed religious community which is reflected in the schools and churches in the town. There is a Catholic and a mixed primary school in the town. There is also a Catholic church (popularly known as 'the Chapel'), a Church of Ireland church and a Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster church or 'kirk' (which was opened by the Church's founder, The Rev. Ian Paisley) in the town. There is also a Reformed Presbyterian Church in Ballyboe. There are no seconda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballymacool Park
Ballymacool Park ( ga, Páirc Bhaile Mhic Comhghaill) is a public park located in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. The park is located on the Glenties Road, not far from O'Donnell Park and the local sports complex. The park has an entrance on each side of the Letterkenny to Glenties Road. It is the largest in Letterkenny and County Donegal, taking over from Letterkenny Town Park. History Work commenced on the €3.8 million park in August 2007 and was completed in early 2009. The park is built on a site near Ballymacool House which was donated to Letterkenny Town Council as a result of rezoning in the Ballymacool area. Ballymacool House John Boyd, born in 1739, and High Sheriff of Donegal in 1772–73, purchased the Ballymacool House and estate from the Span family in 1798. The estate was passed to his eldest son John Boyd, a barrister, on his marriage to Frances Hayes, in 1799. He was succeeded by his nephew, William Henry Porter, under the condition that he assume the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnell (), after the historic territory of the same name, on which it was based. Donegal County Council is the local council and Lifford the county town. The population was 166,321 at the 2022 census. Name County Donegal is named after the town of Donegal () in the south of the county. It has also been known by the alternative name County Tyrconnell, Tirconnell or Tirconaill (, meaning 'Land of Conall'). The latter was its official name between 1922 and 1927. This is in reference to the kingdom of Tír Chonaill and the earldom that succeeded it, which the county was based on. History County Donegal was the home of the once-mighty Clann Dálaigh, whose best-known branch was the Clann Ó Domhnaill, better known in English as the O'Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Mount
Vernon Mount (sometimes Vernon Mount House or Mount Vernon) is a ruined Georgian manor house in Cork, Ireland. It was built between the 1780s and early 1790s to designs attributed to Abraham Hargrave. Originally built for the merchant Hayes family, the house was named for Mount Vernon, the home of US president George Washington. Passing through several owners, the house remained largely disused and subject to deterioration from the late 20th century. It was included in the Record of Monuments and Places by the National Monuments Service, and on the Record of Protected Structures for Cork County Council. It remained largely intact until 2016, when a significant fire largely gutted the house, and the building was subsequently listed on the derelict sites register. In 2021, the building was subject to a funding request for stabilisation works due to "risk of collapse". Construction and design Some sources imply that Vernon Mount was built in 1784, while others suggest it was comple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red House (Youghal)
The Red House is an 18th-century William and Mary style house located in Youghal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Location The Red House is located on Youghal's main street, about east of Myrtle Grove, Youghal, Myrtle Grove and St Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, St. Mary's Collegiate Church. History The Red House was built c. 1703–1710 and designed by the Dutch architect Claud Leuventhen for the wealthy Uniacke family. The name derives from the terracotta bricks used, then a novelty in Ireland. Another unusual feature of the period is the lack of windowsills and the pewter pelmets. It originally had two wings; one is now converted into the Imperial Hotel. Thomas Farrell, a Justice of the Peace, owned the Red House in the early 20th century; he bought a Conservatory (greenhouse), conservatory at the Exposition Universelle (1900), 1900 Paris Exposition, which blew away in the 1930s. Claud Cockburn and Patricia Cockburn were regular visitors. The house later was a parochial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrtle Grove, Youghal
Myrtle Grove is an Elizabethan gabled house in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland. The house is notable as a rare example in Ireland of a 16th-century unfortified house. It is situated close to the Collegiate Church of St Mary Youghal. History It was home for Sir Walter Raleigh from 1588 to 1589. Myrtle Grove's South Gable is where Edmund Spenser is reputed to have written part of his poem ''The Faerie Queene'', although some historians question this story. The house was acquired by Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork in 1602 from Sir Walter Raleigh's Irish estate. Boyle leased it to his protege Sir Lawrence Parsons, the judge of the Irish Admiralty Court. Though remodelled twice it remains one of the best-known examples of a Tudor house in Ireland. The house was acquired by the Hayman family in the 18th century. In the 20th century, it was the home of Sir Henry Arthur Blake and Lady Blake. At this time, the building housed "the best collection of West Indian paintings and sketches" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotabeg House
Lotabeg House is an Irish historic house in County Cork, used as a residence by Cork merchant families, built between 1780 and 1820. The house, gate lodge and entrance are listed buildings. House The house was designed by Abraham Hargrave and built for Sir Richard Kellett, first baronet. One of the owners of the house were the Mahony family who also owned Lotamore House. One owner of the house was Daniel Callaghan Esq MP. He had represented the city in Parliament but died on cholera in 1849. The house contained a domed hallway with a cantilever staircase. It has six bedrooms. The last owner to live in the house was Vincent Hart who died in 1939. Hart, an engineer, served with the British empire in India from 1903 and returned in 1936 to a newly independent country. When Hart died the house remained unchanged, minded by his wife Evelyn Hart and their descendants until the contents were auctioned in May 2016. Entrance The entrance, known as ''Callaghan’s Gate'', is topped by an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotamore House
Lotamore House is a Georgian house in Cork, Ireland, which used as a residence by several Cork merchant families before being turned into a number of businesses. Used as guesthouse for several years, by the beginning of the 21st century the house had fallen into disrepair, It was, however, renovated and reopened as a fertility clinic in 2017. House The original land belonged to John and William Galway and was leased to Robert and George Rogers, detailed in leases dated 1694 and 1720. The central structure is a 2-storey Georgian house built by the Rogers family of Lota in the late 18th century, and extended in the Victorian 1880s. It is on a hill with views overlooking the River Lee. The house was let to the Honourable C.L. Bernard in 1837 and Frederick Hamilton nearer the middle of the 19th century. Sir William Bartholomew Hackett was the tenant near the latter end of the century before the house was sold to the Perrier family, a merchant family of Huguenot origin, and later Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fota House
Fota (statutory spelling Foaty; ga, Fóite) is an island in Cork Harbour, Ireland, just north of the larger island of Great Island. Fota Island is host to Ireland's only wildlife park – as well as the historical Fota House and gardens and golf course owned by the "Fota Island Golf Club and Resort". The island comprises two townlands both called Foaty: one each in the civil parishes of Clonmel (the western half of Great Island) and Carrigtohill (on the mainland). Name Although ''Foaty'' is the spelling fixed in the nineteenth century by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, ''Fota'' is now more common. The origin of the name is uncertain. It may be of Hiberno-Norse origin, with second element Old Norse "island"; Donnchadh Ó Corráin suggests "foot island", from its position at the mouth of the River Lee down from Cork city; some medieval references have an ''-r-'' in the name. Ó Corráin is sceptical of proposed Gaelic etymologies, "sod house", "warm sod", and "decayed/with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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