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Enjoy the gardens, great food, luxury guestrooms and the historical surroundings of the impressive Kilmokea House, in Campile in County Wexford. This accommodation is housed in a magnificent Georgian property built in 1794, and surrounded by 7 acres of exotic gardens on the banks of the River Barrow, creating the perfect setting for a peaceful break in the countryside.
The former rectory has undergone lavish restoration to provide the utmost in comfort and relaxation....

Near Loughrea 4 miles west north west just off the Craughwell road, is the entrance to St Clerans, a Georgian mansion, in which the film producer, John Huston lived.
,br> Here, in 1820, was born Robert O' Hara Burke, the explorer who was the first to cross Australia from south to north. He perished miserably on the return journey. His statue stands in Sidney, Australia....

At Nos 80-81 St Stephen's Green is Iveagh House, now the Department of Foreign Affairs, which was presented to the state by the Earl of Iveagh, head of the Guinness family....

The Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. City Government has existed in Dublin since 1172 and the Mansion House has been the centre of Dublin's civic hospitality since 1715.
A splendid building, the Mansion House boasts many fine rooms and features and has established for itself a reputation of quality to compare with other renowned Dublin attractions, such as Trinity College, the National Art Gallery and City Hall.

On the 25th April 1715, Du...

Mayoralty House which was erected by the Corporation in 1765 to accommodate municipal receptions and other such functions. It is a finely detailed pedimented building, two storeys high, of local limestone. The windows on the ground floor are roundheaded, while an elegant venetian window on the upper storey lends further distinction to the house. The Mayoralty House was the scene of many notable events in the history of Drogheda, not least of which was the conferring in 1884 on Charles Stewart...

There is a point on the lawn at the rear of Lough Rynn House, overlooking the lake, where the visitor may witness 4,000 years of history by simply turning through 180 degrees. The neolithic burial tomb a top "Druids Hill" was constructed some two thousand years B.C. Reynolds Castle, stands now as a lonely sentinal by the lake shore, dates from the 16th century. Lough Rynn House itself was constructed in 1832 and serves as a "full stop" to the historical tour which spans 4,000 years.

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This is situated 3km east of Tuam also on the Dunmore road and is the headquarters of the North Galway Bermingham Hounds....

Ballyfin house is possibly the finest neo-classical houses in the country. Built in 1821-6 in Slieve Bloom sandstone by Sir Charles Coote to the designs first of Dominic Madden (best known for Tuam Cathedral) and then Sir Richard Morrison and his son William Vitruvius. On entering by the tetrastyle ionic portico and through the formal entrance hall one is confronted by a magnificent suite of rooms.

Adjoining the library is a superb Richard Turner conservatory. The grounds were lan...

The hereditary home of the McMurragh-Kavanagh family. Groups by prior appointment only. The house can also hold weddings...