1810
Athenry
Co. Galway
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Edward H. Carson (1822-1881)
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1810 – Castle Ellen, Athenry, Co. Galway
Architect: Edward H. Carson
Assumed this, its final, form in 1863 to designs by Edward H. Carson, a brother-in-law of the owner Walter Lambert. The house was originally built in 1810 by the Lambert family, who had by then outgrown their original home, a small castle which had been built in 1679.