1780s – Daly’s Grove, Ahascragh, Co. Galway
The Dalys of Dalysgrove, parish of Ahascragh, barony of Killian, county Galway,
The Dalys of Dalysgrove, parish of Ahascragh, barony of Killian, county Galway,
Constructed for Robert Dillon,
A Plan and Elevation of a Casino,
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,
Designed by amateur architect William Leeson,
“In his exteriors he imitated mediaeval castles and abbeys,
Issercleran or St.Clerans was the home of the Burke family who built the house c.1784,
Constructed by John D’arcy who constructed the town of Clifden itself.
When the Gort estate was inherited by Colonel Vereker,