country houses

1840s – Dunleckney Manor, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow

Sir Nicholas Bagenal came to Ulster as Marshal of Elizabeth 1st’s army,

1842 – Brownlow House, Lurgan, Co. Armagh

A large Elizabethan-Revival mansion designed by William Playfair and built between 1836 and 1842.

1843 – Mallow Castle, Mallow, Co. Cork

The third Mallow Castle, and built on the site of their former stable block by by Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson-Norreys,

1843 – Muckross House, Killarney, Co. Kerry

Architect: William Burn

Muckross House is best known for its parkland setting beside the Lower Lake at Killarney,

1843 – Whitfield Court, Co. Waterford

Architect: Daniel Robertson

Built between 1841 and 1843, the Daniel Robertson-designed Whitfield Court was built for William Christmas on the footprint of a previous property.

1845 – Penrhyn Castle, Wales

Architect: Thomas Hopper

Originally a medieval fortified manor house,

1845 – Wells House, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Architect: Daniel Robertson

Tudor Gothic remodelling of house, and landscape scheme,

1846 – Dartrey, Rockcorry, Co. Monaghan

Architect: William Burn

Also known as Dawson Grove, Dartrey was built in 1846 and designed by William Burn as a large Elizabethan Revivial mansion to replace an earlier house on the site.

1847 – Ardtully House, Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry

Ardtully House was constructed in 1847 by Sir Richard Orpen, a Dublin based solicitor whose family had connections to the area.

1848 – Castle Oliver / Clonodfoy Castle, Co. Limerick

Architect: G.F. Jones

Also known as Castle Oliver, and constructed by English architect George Fowler Jones between 1845-48 for sisters Elizabeth and Mary Isabella Oliver-Gascoigne.