homes historical ireland

The first view of the attractive grey-rendered castle of Huntington leaves one in no doubt that this is a building of great character and antiquity....

This was originally the home of the Blakes, one of the tribes of Galway. Henry Blake purchased the Renvyle estate in 1680 from the Earl of Westmeath, who had been granted it under the Cromwellian settlements. Caroline Blake turned the house into a hotel in 1883. It was rebuilt following fire destruction in 1930....

Benvarden has been in the ownership of the Montgomery family since 1798 and most of the landscaping and planting of the mature trees was carried out by them in the years 1800-1820.

The Walled Garden, about 2 acres in area, appears on a map dated 1788 and has been cultivated since then without interruption, although with alterations to the layout from time to time.

The Garden is one of the finest and best maintained in the North of Ireland and ranges from beautiful rose bed...

Off Fitzwilliam Street is Fitzwilliam Square, the smallest, latest and best preserved of Dublin's Georgian squares. The earliest houses date as far back as 1714 but the square was not completed until 1830. Within their unity of style the houses display a constant variety of detail notably in their doorways and fanlights and also in the ornamental ironwork such as doorknockers, boot-scrapers and balconies. The artist Jack Butler Yeats lived at No 18....

The Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. City Government has existed in Dublin since 1172 and the Mansion House has been the centre of Dublin's civic hospitality since 1715.
A splendid building, the Mansion House boasts many fine rooms and features and has established for itself a reputation of quality to compare with other renowned Dublin attractions, such as Trinity College, the National Art Gallery and City Hall.

On the 25th April 1715, Du...

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....

This National Trust property is open again albeit to a very limited extent after a closure of more than twenty years. The parkland of the eighteenth century thatched cottage once a manor house was laid out by John Sutherland, 1745 to 1826, a disciple of Capability Brown.

There are fine views of the Mournes and Newry. The walled garden is under cultivation and there are some imposing mature trees, including exotics. 18th-century mansion was home to Isaac Corry, General in Chief of the Iri...

This beautiful Country House was built in 1820s by the Blackhall family. Recognising the natural beauty and first class environment of this area, the famous Dublin family was reputed to have built the house to improve their sons ailing health. The Estate, while changing ownership, stayed intact till around 1960, when it was divided into smaller estates by the Irish Land Commission. Today, Coolamber Manor is a National Training and Development Centre. It stands in 0its original splendour, to t...

This ruin marks a seat of the Lynch family, one of whose members, John Lynch, was a signatory of The American Declaration of Independence. The estate has been developed as an adventure centre run by the Vocational Education Authority....