Doory Hall is an estate and now-ruined historic building in

County Longford County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,6 ...

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. While some parts of the estate (including a number of its outbuildings) are included on

Longford County Council Longford County Council ( ga, Comhairle Chontae an Longfoirt) is the authority responsible for local government in County Longford, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for ...

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, the 19th century manor house itself is now a largely empty "shell". The estate was the home of the Jessop family, for whom the house was extensively remodeled by the architect

John Hargrave John Gordon Hargrave (6 June 1894 – 21 November 1982), (woodcraft name 'White Fox'), was a prominent youth leader in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s, Head Man of the Kibbo Kift, described in his obituary as an 'author, cartoonist, inve ...

. Doory Hall was the birthplace of the playwright George H. Jessop (1852–1915).

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