1770s – Mount Trenchard, Foynes, Co. Limerick
Mount Trenchard House was built in the late 1770s by the Anglo-Irish Rice family,
Mount Trenchard House was built in the late 1770s by the Anglo-Irish Rice family,
Designed to serve the Patrickswell, Adare, Askeaton and Foynes regions,
Now the home of Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum,
Although a church was constructed,
Around 1900, working on a commission from local landowner Lord Monteagle,
The former St. Senan’s Hospital was built by the Government as a hotel accommodation for passengers travelling on the flying boats which passed through Foynes while en-route to America and Continental Europe.