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Myrtle Grove is a house that was not built for defence reasons - but for the Warden of a religious college. It was built during the reign of Edward IV and it is still used as a family home today! The most famous resident of Myrtle Grove, is Sir Walter Raleigh, poet and explorer and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.

It was Sir Walter Raleigh who is credited with introducing the potato to Ireland - which was to become the staple diet of Ireland's poor. Sir Walter and his friend Edmu...