1811 – Kinnity Castle, Kinnity, Co. Offaly

Around 1811, Lady Catherine Hutchinson-Bernard, commissioned architect James Pain to extend their existing castle in a gothic style to its present size. Sometimes known as Castle Bernard. Although burned by the Irish Republican Army in 1922, the house was restored in 1928 by means of a Government grant of £32,000. The Bernard family lived there until 1946, when it was sold to Lord Decies, who later sold it to the state in 1951. From 1955 to 1985, the building hosted a Forestry Training College. Later purchased in 1994 by the Ryan family of Limerick, who developed it into a 37 bedroom, 4 star hotel and wedding venue.

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