1720 – Temple, Drumcondra House, Dublin
Architect: Alessandro Galilei
Designed as a folly for Drumcondra House and probably designed by Alessandro Galilei and built between 1718 and 1720.
1740 – Obelisk, Castletown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Architect: Richard Cassels
Designed by Richard Cassels, the obelish is 140 feet high and is composed of several arches,
1791 – Tower of Lloyd, Kells, Co. Meath
Architect: Henry Aaron Baker
An 18th-century lighthouse folly in the form of a giant Doric column, surmounted by glazed lantern,
1870s – Castell Coch, Cardiff, Wales
Architect: William Burges
Castell Coch, or in Welsh, the Red Castle is an elaborately decorated Victorian folly designed by Burges for John Crichton-Stuart,
1903 – Beacon Tower, Tulla Hill, Cortachy, Scotland
Architect: T. Martin Cappon
“The laying of the memorial stone took place on Saturday of the massive tower which has been in course of erection on Tulloch Hill,
