homes historical ireland

Enjoy the gardens, great food, luxury guestrooms and the historical surroundings of the impressive Kilmokea House, in Campile in County Wexford. This accommodation is housed in a magnificent Georgian property built in 1794, and surrounded by 7 acres of exotic gardens on the banks of the River Barrow, creating the perfect setting for a peaceful break in the countryside.
The former rectory has undergone lavish restoration to provide the utmost in comfort and relaxation....

Listed among the top tourist attractions in Ireland, situated in the heart of the beautiful Killarney National Park and found close to the shore of Killarney’s lower lake is Muckross House, one of Ireland's largest stately homes.
Built in 1843, Muckross House was the epitome of a typical 17th century mansion. Then in preparation for Queen Victoria’s visit in 1861, some elaborate renovations were made, making the house the wonderful spectacle that it is today.
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The Market House forms the large centerpiece of the town square in from of Hillsborough Castle. It was first built around 1760 as a two-storey structure with an archway running through the centre from east to west. In 1810 the present north and south side wings were added, one to provide a courtroom and the other a market hall, and at the same time a new granite plinth, various decorations as well as a new clock and bell, were provided....

No 8 Ely Place is one of the city's finest Georgian mansions, with a magnificent staircase and Adam decoration. The site of Oliver Gogarty's house at No 25 is now occupied by the Royal Hibernian Academy's, now Gallagher Gallery. The RHA has exhibited or given membership to almost every Irish artist of distinction since it was founded a century and a half ago....

Coole Park is the former home of Lady Augusta Gregory, a great friend of W.B. Yeats and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre. It's located about 3km north of the county Galway town of Gort and is operated by the National Parks & Wildlife Service. It spans about 1,000 acres and includes 6km of nature trails, 7 woods and of course Coole Lake.
Coole House, since demolished, was a focal point in the Celtic Literary Revival at the turn of the century. The initials of notable visitors to Coole Hou...

The home of the famed astronomer and poet, John Birmingham, who died in the 1870's. He erected a splendid observatory at Millbrook and had the third largest telescope in 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...

When the Italian stuccodores Paolo and Filippo La Francini came to Ireland in 1734 their first and most important early work was for Jemmett Browne, later Archbishop of Cork. In the 1730s Dr. Browne enlarged and remodelled the original 1602 Riverstown House. The La Francinis adorned the ceiling of the dining-room with allegorical figures representing 'Time rescuing Truth from the Assaults of Discord and Envy' and also its walls with classical figures and exuberant rococco flowers and foliage....

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....