1780 – Dunsandle House, Athenry, Co. Galway
Toay the ivy clad ruin of Dunsandle House stands forlorn and neglected in the countryside between Athenry and Loughrea. It was built for the Daly family c.1780,
Toay the ivy clad ruin of Dunsandle House stands forlorn and neglected in the countryside between Athenry and Loughrea. It was built for the Daly family c.1780,
Constructed for Robert Dillon, and took five years to complete. Later porch from the 1820s by John Hampton.
A Plan and Elevation of a Casino, to be built at Lough Cutra, near Gort, in Galway,
The Coole estate was purchased in 1768 by Robert Gregory on his return to Ireland following service with the East India Company.The family house was a large Georgian block with a central Venetian window under a top floor Diocletian window.
“Plans and Section designed for Coole House, in the County of Galway, the seat of Robert Gregory,
Designed by amateur architect William Leeson, and commissioned by the fourth Lord Nugent of Riverston. This building was considerably enlarged by the tenth Earl of Westmeath after he inherited the title and estate in 1879.
“In his exteriors he imitated mediaeval castles and abbeys, or preferably Tudor mansions, and sometimes combined the two.
Issercleran or St.Clerans was the home of the Burke family who built the house c.1784, and was extended and remodelled by Morrison circa 1807.
The Bellew Estate was once the home of the Grattan-Bellew family, who were Galway parliamentarians during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Constructed by John D’arcy who constructed the town of Clifden itself. Following his death in 1839, the estate went bankrupt as a result of debts incurred during the Great Famine and in 1850 the town and castle went on sale.