1730 – ffranckfort Castle, Dunkerrin, Co. Offaly
A castellated Georgian mansion with pointed windows and a turret. Built on the site of an earlier castle,
A castellated Georgian mansion with pointed windows and a turret. Built on the site of an earlier castle,
This street has many houses with Georgian detailing, but this house stands out with its Gibbsian doorway projecting through a curved bay on the front of the house.
Shannonbridge gets its name from the bridge connecting County Offaly and County Roscommon.
Built of coursed limestone and set back from the street,
Originally known as Acres Hall after the developer or building speculator Thomas Acres,
Large high quality and high status house in rubble stone with cut stone dressings set back from streetline.
A fine stone building with a ground floor that was originally arcaded with a meeting room above.
The Castle was designed in 1798 by one of Ireland’s leading architects of the day,
Two impressive houses creating an imposing corner on the outskirts of Tullamore.
The canal had been completed to Tullamore in March of 1798 and was the terminus for six years until the line to Shannon Harbour was completed in 1804.