homes historical ireland

Near Loughrea 4 miles west north west just off the Craughwell road, is the entrance to St Clerans, a Georgian mansion, in which the film producer, John Huston lived.
,br> Here, in 1820, was born Robert O' Hara Burke, the explorer who was the first to cross Australia from south to north. He perished miserably on the return journey. His statue stands in Sidney, Australia....

Hadfort demesne, once the seat of the Marquesses of Headfort, is located one mile south east of Kells. Today it is owned by a business consortium and largely occupied by a private prepartory boarding and day school.

The mansion dates back to 1760. The estate also consists of arable land, woods and a section of the Rvier Blackwater - private property....

Built during the 1820's for William Wallace Legge, a prominent Belfast merchant, the house has stood in lands little changed for over a century and a half. The estate that was planted shortly after the house was built, now supports a heritage of magnificent mature trees and woodland.

The house was presented to the City in 1946 by William Barnett. Leased to the National trust in early 1970's, many visitors have fond memories spent in the house and grounds. It was almost totally destroyed...

Mayoralty House which was erected by the Corporation in 1765 to accommodate municipal receptions and other such functions. It is a finely detailed pedimented building, two storeys high, of local limestone. The windows on the ground floor are roundheaded, while an elegant venetian window on the upper storey lends further distinction to the house. The Mayoralty House was the scene of many notable events in the history of Drogheda, not least of which was the conferring in 1884 on Charles Stewart...

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....

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 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....

A Georgian Mansion about 200 years old is of historic and architectural interest. Designed by Francis Johnston, it was the home of the Dease Family until 1926. Edmund Fitzlaurance Dease, 1856-1934, author of "History of the Westmeath Hunt", and father of Maurice James Dease, C.C. - the first V.C. of World War 1 - was of this house. Dr. Thomas Dease, Bishop of Meath, 1621 -1652 was born here in 1569. The present owners are John and Brigid Donohoe and the house is open to the public....

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....