1714 – Corkagh House, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin
Corkagh House originally started as a small farmhouse built circa 1650 which was later extended between 1702 and 1714 when a large wing of eight bays and a parapeted roof was constructed.
Corkagh House originally started as a small farmhouse built circa 1650 which was later extended between 1702 and 1714 when a large wing of eight bays and a parapeted roof was constructed.
Named after Anne LePoer, wife of Arthur Bernard, who built the house in 1714.
A sixteenth-century tower house which has been altered and enlarged at various periods –
Described by Evelyn Shirley in “The History of the County of Monaghan”,
Ardfert, Co. Kerry, the Crosbie Estate, constructed circa 1720 by Sir Maurice Crosbie and further altered about 1830.
Castletown is the largest and grandest Palladian country house in Ireland.
Oakley Park, formerly Celbridge House, was built in 1724 by Arthur Price when he was vicar of Celbridge,
Designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and was built in 1726 for Sir Marmaduke Coghill who had lived in nearby Belvedere House.
The original Kenmare House was built in 1726 and designed by Viscount Kenmare himself in a French chateau style.
A castle was built on the site by the Anglo-Normans in 1324 to defend their town from the Irish tribes in the adjacent mountain territory.