homes historical ireland

Lough Rynn Estate is set on an isthmus between Loughs Rinn and Errew in an area which has been occupied for thousands of years. There is a Bronze Age burial tomb on the grounds and an old castle ruin was the seat of the Reynolds Clan up to the 17th century.

Confiscation enabled the property to be granted to the Crofton family in 1622 during the Plantation period. The lands were then acquired by the Earls of Leitrim in 1750 and a house was constructed in 1832 by Nathaniel Clements. Whe...

During the late eighteenth century, successful Cork merchants built a string of elegant villas along the banks of the Lee Estuary. Many of these have now disappeared, but one which still survives intact is Dunkathel, alias Dunkettle, a solid neo-classical house with an idyllic parkland setting lying just below the mouth of the Glanmire River....

Magnificent home of the Marquis of Waterford and his ancestors since 1170. Interior of house contains exceptionally fine plasterwork. Grounds include outstanding Arboretum, shell grotto built and personally decorated by Catherine Poer, countess of Tyrone in 1754 and a bridge built in 1205 for King John to cross River Clogagh....

Ignatius Rice House, birthplace of Brother Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762-1844) retains many of the artifacts of a late 18th century strong farmers home. Admission is by application to the adjoining Monastery....

The Geraldine Earls of Desmond founded the town of Newcastlewest in the late 13th century. Most of the surviving remains of the medieval town date back to the 15th century, including Desmond Hall, for although it was built earlier most of the building dates from this period.

The two-story building has a small turret at one corner and some well preserved window niches on the upper floor. The grounds also include ‘The Great Hall’, a one story banqueting hall....

Built in the early fifteenth century as the residence of the priests who were employed to continuously chant the mass for church benefactors. It is one of the few surviving chantry houses left in Ireland....

There is a touch of the Marie Celeste about the Argory, as if time had stood still a century ago and its occupants might at any moment return from their vanished world, bringing the place to life. The house is neither large nor grand by nineteenth-century standards. its importance lies in the remarkable survival of its interior which, unique in Ireland, evokes the atmosphere and ambience of the late Victorian country house life. There is a National Trust shop on site and tea is available in t...

Down the road towards Carrick-on-Shannon, is Woodbrook House, once the home of the Kirkwood family, made famous in David Thomson's book Woodbrook. Major Charles Kirkwood, the last owner, was brother of Major Willie, who was married to Miss Jameson of the Whiskey family, and an international polo player.

Major Charlie's uncle, colonel Tom Kirkwood, ran a famous racing stable and won the Aintre Grand National in 1881 with a horse called Woodbrook. His most famous horse was The White K...

Blarney House is one of the most Elegant and Gracious of the Great Houses of Ireland. A family house now tastefully restored to its former glory. Built in 1874 it is beautifully situated overlooking Blarney Lake. It contains a collection of Early Furniture, Family Portraits, Tapestries and Work of Art. Conducted Tours of the House....