Kilgobbin House is a country house in Adare,

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, Ireland. The history of the house began in 1777 when Sir Richard Quin (later 1st Earl of Dunraven) married Lady

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, daughter of the first

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. Richard's father gave him Kilgobbin, where the couple lived until he inherited

Adare Manor Adare Manor is a manor house located on the banks of the River Maigue in the village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, the former seat of the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl. The present house was built in the early 19th century, though reta ...

. It was the original seat of the Quin family, and served as the

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after the construction of

. It was the family home of

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, who sold Adare Manor as a hotel in the 1980s.

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Adare Houses in the Republic of Ireland Buildings and structures in County Limerick {{Ireland-struct-stub