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Enjoy the gardens, great food, luxury guestrooms and the historical surroundings of the impressive Kilmokea House, in Campile in County Wexford. This accommodation is housed in a magnificent Georgian property built in 1794, and surrounded by 7 acres of exotic gardens on the banks of the River Barrow, creating the perfect setting for a peaceful break in the countryside.
The former rectory has undergone lavish restoration to provide the utmost in comfort and relaxation....

IThe Bishops' Palace is adjacent to King's John's Castle, it is the restored home of former Protestant Bishops of Limerick. The Palace has a classical facade and is related to the English Palladian style. The house is currently occupied by Limerick Civic Trust and visitors are welcome....

This gaunt-looking mansion with a 380-foot long frontage beside the road was begun in 1636-7 by Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1633 to 1640. He planned it as a summer residence for himself and as a palace in which Charles 1 could live if and when he came to visit Ireland. It never served their purpose, however, because it was left unfinished when Strafford was called to London and beheaded in 1641. The eastern portion may have been temporarily finished as it...

Purcell House or Loughmore Castle as it's otherwise called. It is located beside the river Suir ,and is extensive ruin with well preserved defensive features, windows and fireplace and a 17th century centre, north wing.

The castle was granted to young Purcell by the king,  when he supposily killed beasts that were living in the area. Purcell also recieved the King's daughter hand in marrige and lands that surronded the castle....

The famous rebel, Michael Dwyer, was trapped in this cottage by the English in 1799, together with a small group of men. One of these men, Samuel MacAllister, drew the fire upon himself and was killed, but in this way enabled Dwyer to escape. The cottage is two-roomed, with rope chairs, a settle bed, a table with wooden vessels and a churn, a roasting spit, cooking utensils and pikes of the period displayed inside....

Susan Langstaff Mitchell was born here in 1866. She was a poet and one of the figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Her father was manager of the Provincial Bank in Carrick.

Through her friendship with the Yeats family and her post as assistant to A.E. (George Russell) on "The Irish Homestead" she got to know Yeats, A.E., Colum, Stephens, George Moore and the others and became part of the Irish Literary Revival. She wrote both poetry and satire, and was considered...

Bowen's Court was the home to the Irish novilist Elizabeth Bowen who came from a family of a large generation. She worte such novels as "The Litttle Girls", "The House in Paris" and many  many more. She was born in 1899 and passed away in 1973....

Mount Stewart offers to the visitor one of the most complete gardens in the care of the National Trust. The garden, designed by Edith, Lady of Londonderry from 1921, includes almost every style of gardening and supports an incomparable plant collection.

Frances and Charles, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, became celebrated figures, leading a glittering social life and travelling extensively. They collected works of art and furniture on their travels and brought them back to Mount Stewa...

Lissadell - "That old Georgian Mansion" in the words of W.B. Yeats - is still owned by the Gore-Booth family. A fine but austere example of Greek-Revival architecture, it is full of many artefacts associated with succeeding generations of the family. Visitors can expect a genuine atmosphere of faded grandeur....