homes historical ireland

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....

Susan Langstaff Mitchell was born 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 to be very talented, char...

This is situated 3km east of Tuam also on the Dunmore road and is the headquarters of the North Galway Bermingham Hounds....

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....

This great ruined house with its ornamental stone facade stands clear to be seen on the landscape. Built in 1779, the house was the inspiration for Sommerville and Ross' epic - The Big House at Inver - . The house was burnt down....

An 18th century house with 19th century additions, it is now owned by Opus Dei and used as a conference centre....

This is a tall and slender 5 storey tower standing in one corner of a bawn and built originally by the MacMahons, Lords of Corcabascin, around the end of the 15th century. The tower is complete with musket holes, 'murder holes' to drop things on intruders' heads when they came in the door and it also has a vault on the 4th floor.

Teige Caech, 'The Short-sighted', Macmahon was unsuccessfully besieged in the tower by Sir Conyers Clifford in 1598, but a few months later the Earl of Thomon...

Welcome to Lisnavagh House, a fine Victorian Gothic buiding situated close to the River Slaney in Co Carlow....

Located in Bantry, County Cork, Bantry House is the former home of the Earls of Bantry. Egerton Shelswell-White, who is a descendant of the Earls, and his family now live here.
Bantry House and Gardens are open to the public from 17 March until 31 October in 2008. The Estate is open daily, 10 am - 6 pm.
The Armada Exhibition Centre is both educational an entertaining and tells the story of the attempted landing of Wolfe Tone and the French Armada in Bantry Bay in 1976....