1777 – Old Gaol, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon
The building originally consisted of 36 Cells and the Governor’s Private Dwelling. It is known for having a hangwoman “Lady Betty”,
The building originally consisted of 36 Cells and the Governor’s Private Dwelling. It is known for having a hangwoman “Lady Betty”,
Built for Christopher St George, ‘reputedly to the design of John Roberts, of Waterford’. Described by Rev.
Toay the ivy clad ruin of Dunsandle House stands forlorn and neglected in the countryside between Athenry and Loughrea. It was built for the Daly family c.1780,
Constructed for Robert Dillon, and took five years to complete. Later porch from the 1820s by John Hampton.
Also known as Moorehall, the house was constructed between 1792 and 1795. The Moores were originally an English Protestant family but some became Catholic when John Moore married the Catholic Jane Lynch Athy of Galway,
A Plan and Elevation of a Casino, to be built at Lough Cutra, near Gort, in Galway,
Strokestown is noted for its wide streets. It is said that they were made this way because the second Lord Hartland of Strokestown wanted to make his village thoroughfare wider than the famed Ringstrasse in Vienna.
The earlier main block of seven bays was quite plain; while the 19th century wings had balustraded parapets. The three-bay side of the left wing served as the entrance front.
The Coole estate was purchased in 1768 by Robert Gregory on his return to Ireland following service with the East India Company.The family house was a large Georgian block with a central Venetian window under a top floor Diocletian window.
“Plans and Section designed for Coole House, in the County of Galway, the seat of Robert Gregory,
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