1703 – Gola House, Co. Monaghan
Unusual house, similar to another in the county at Anketell. An unpopular family, the owners of Gola had been planted by King William in the 1660s.
1710s – Knox-Hannyngton House, Dungannon, Co Tyrone
The site contained a castle from the early 15th century, which was the headquarters of the O’Neills until the Flight of the Earls in 1607.
1720s – Castle-leslie, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan
Described by Evelyn Shirley in “The History of the County of Monaghan”, published in 1879, as a brick house added to an earlier castle of Sir Thomas Ridgeway.
1724 – Vicar’s Hill, Armagh, Co. Armagh
Built by Archbishop Boulter in 1724 as accomodation for clegy widows, this intact terrace facing the west front of the Church of Ireland Cathedral has fine Gibbsian door surrounds.
1730 – Bellamont Forest, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Architect: Sir Edward Lovett Pearce
Built between 1725 and 1730 for Thomas Coote, once Lord Justice of Ireland, and designed by Coote’s gifted nephew,
1730 – Castle Dobbs, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim
Castle Dobbs was built in 1730 by Arthur Dobbs, Surveyor-General of Ireland; and Governor of North Carolina. As Surveyor-General, Arthur Dobbs supervised the construction of the Irish Parliament House in Dublin.
1730 – Tollymore Park, Bryansford, Co. Down
Architect: Thomas Wright / Charles Lanyon / James Rawson Carroll
Much extended country house, around four sides of a courtyard,
1733 – Ballyhaise Agriculture College, Co. Cavan
Architect: Richard Cassels
Ballyhaise House was built for the Newburghs, a local landowning family, in the 1730s. Richard Cassels (1690-1751) was of German origin and also known as Richard Castle.
1736 – Gill Hall, Dromore, Co. Down
Architect: Richard Cassels
The Gill Hall estate was named after a Captain Magill an officer in Cromwell’s Army, prior to the 1641 rebellion he is said to have obtained half the townland of Ballynagarrick from Art Og Magennis for the sum of £150,
1737 – Royal & Prior School, Raphoe, Co. Donegal
In 1608, King Charles I granted a charter which founded the Royal Schools across Ulster. By 1618, As part of this charter,
