homes historical ireland

Situated on Washington Street, the Courthouse was built in 1835 and designed by George Richard Pain. The front is a broad Corinthian portico raised on a platform of eleven steps. Over the padiment is a bronze group representing Justice, supported by law and mercy, and backed by a large copper dome.
In 1891 the interior of the Court House was destroyed by fire and it was redesigned by W. H Hill who redeveloped the court house to a Rennaissance style form the previous Neo-Cas...

A plaque at 125 Hyndford Street marks the rock star's birthplace....

The gable end of each row, situated at right-angles to the street, has inset a blank half-moon recess, and the two groups of houses are linked by an arch bearing the inscription "St. John's Home, 1816" and the town's crest, a star and crescent. From this little square, a fine view may be obtained of the Tholsel, with Millmount and the southern slopes of the town in the background....

The Glebe House and Gallery is a Regency house set in woodland gardens beside Lake Gartan. The Glebe is decorated with William Morris wallpapers and textiles and has Islamic and Japanese art. The Derek Hill permanent collection includes 300 works by leading 20th century artists, including Picasso and Kokosha, as well as Irish and Italian artists. Exhibitions are shown in the adjoining gallery.

Access to the house is by guided tour only. There is access to the ground floor of the Gall...

The demesne of Fota, or Fota Island, contributes enormously to the beauty of the Lee Estuary whose sublimity moved Lady Chatterton to write in 1838; 'the sun always seems to shine brighter here than else where'. Fota's magnificent parkland, its gardens and splendid mansion - one of Ireland's finest regency houses - combine to create an aura of charm and serenity apparent to all who visit....

Hillsborough Castle is an 18th century historic house, built in the 1770's by Wills Hill, first Marquis of Downshire. It is now the official home of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
The castle is open to visitors on Saturdays during the months of May & June. You can also take a stroll around the magnificent gardens....

Russborough was built in the 18th century and designed by Richard Castle for Joseph Leeson, Earl of Milltown. The building of the house began in about 1741 and took nearly ten years to complete.
The house is built of granite in the Palladian style. The front facade has a fine flight of steps, with heraldic lions and urns, a sweep of graceful curved colonnades crowned on the skyline with Baroque urns, and well proportioned solid flanking wings. It has fine examples of plasterwork by th...

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....