The ruins of Castleboro House (geograph 3716684)

Castleboro House is a former stately home in Clonroche, County Wexford,

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. It was built in 1770 by

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, father of Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew, who was an Irish Whig Party politician and landowner. The mansion has a troubled history. An accidental fire took place in 1840 and destroyed all but the west wing. It was rebuilt in 1858 and survived until

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, when it was burnt down by local

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(Irish Republican Army) supporters. The remaining estate was later converted to

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and the ruins of the house still stand today.

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