1922 Big House Burnings

1703 – Gola House, Co. Monaghan

Unusual house, similar to another in the county at Anketell. An unpopular family, the owners of Gola had been planted by King William in the 1660s.

1722 – Ardfert Abbey, Ardfert, Co. Kerry

Ardfert, Co. Kerry, the Crosbie Estate, constructed circa 1720 by Sir Maurice Crosbie and further altered about 1830. Architect unknown. The house comprised a two-storey block with seven-bay front,

1731 – Summerhill, Co. Meath

Architect: Edward Lovett Pearce / Richard Cassels

Summerhill House was a 100 roomed country house which was the ancestral seat of the Langford Rowley family.

1747 – Woodstock House, Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny

Architect: Francis Bindon / William Robertson

Originally built 1845-47 for Sir William Fownes to designs by Francis Bindon. Later extended with flanking wings by William Robertson in 1804-06.

1760s – Devon Castle, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick

The original Fitzgerald castle was granted to the Courtenay family in 1591. The Castle was occupied by David Mahony and his son Peirce Mahony in the mid 18th century.

1770 – Kilboy House, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

Architect: William Leeson

A middle to late 18th century house built for Henry Prittie MP, afterwards 1st Lord Dunalley,

1811 – Kinnity Castle, Kinnity, Co. Offaly

Architect: James Pain

Around 1811, Lady Catherine Hutchinson-Bernard, commissioned architect James Pain to extend their existing castle in a gothic style to its present size.

1823 – Mitchelstown Castle, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork

Architect: James Pain & George Pain

In 1823, after his succession to his title, George, 3rd Earl of Kingston,

1859 – St. Austin’s Abbey, Tullow, Co. Carlow

Architect: Deane & Woodward

St. Austin’s Abbey was built in the 1850’s by Charles Henry Doyne youngest son of Robert Doyne.

1860s – Derryquin Castle, Sneem, Co. Kerry

Architect: J.F. Fuller