1773 – Heywood House, Ballinakill, Co. Laois
House originally designed by the owner Michael Frederick Trench in the 18th Century with the help of his friend,
House originally designed by the owner Michael Frederick Trench in the 18th Century with the help of his friend,
Built in 1776 by Colonel W.T. Monsell MP on the site of an earlier house.
Frederick Hervey commissioned work at Downhill Demesne near the village of Castlerock in the early 1770s,
Swinford was established in the late 1700s by the Brabazon family.
Built in 1777, it stayed with the McClintock family until the 1940s.
This current house replaced a late 17th century house on a different site on the estate,
A three-storey Georgian house, of 1779, built for George Young. Probably replaced an earlier house in the area as Robert Young first arrived in 1640 as rector of Culdaff Parish.
Built for Christopher St George, ‘reputedly to the design of John Roberts,
Originally a modest farmhouse which was transformed into a mansion around 1780 by Dublin architect George Ensor,
Today the ivy clad ruin of Dunsandle House stands forlorn and neglected in the countryside between Athenry and Loughrea.