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Something of a Rarity
Originally from Yorkshire, in 1657 Montifort Westropp settled in Limerick city and three years later was comptroller of the port there. Subsequently he purchased various parcels of land in Co. Clar…
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The Heavy Hand is Uppermost
After last Friday’s text about the Massy mausoleum in the graveyard of Ardagh, County Limerick (Blessed are the Dead « The Irish Aesthete), here is another such monument in the same site. In this i…
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Sweet Innisfallen
‘Innisfallen, it is paying no great compliment to say it is the most beautiful in the king’s dominions, and perhaps in Europe. It contains twenty acres of land, and has every variety that the…
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Blessed are the Dead
Following last Monday’s entry about Glenville, County Limerick, here in a nearby graveyard is the Massy Mausoleum, dating from 1864 although Eyre Massy, whose remains it holds, only died five…
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Glenville House
In 1763 John Massy, who served as Treasurer of Limerick, bought an estate in the county called Glenville. John was the great-grandson of Hugh Massy, an English soldier who had come to Ireland durin…
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Shocking Deterioration
The pictures above show a terrace of former almshouses in Rockcorry, County Monaghan in August 2013. The pictures below show the same terrace in August 2025: the deterioration in their condition ov…
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Once Sumptuous
Buttevant: ‘It is called in the Ecclesiastical books Bothon; by the Irish and Spencer, Kilnemullagh; and was formerly an antient corporation, being once governed by a mayor and aldermen; but by the…
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Left of Centre
After last week’s coverage of Loughton, County Offaly, here is the site where various members of the families who once owned the property are interred. Dating from 1830, the mausoleum stands in the…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Sep 8
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Make Merry and Be Glad
Of late, and even before the publication last year of The Irish Country House: A New Vision (Rizzoli, 2024), the Irish Aesthete has been increasingly interested in discovering historic properties w…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Sep 5
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A Picturesque Eye Catcher
After Monday’s post about Loughton, County Offaly, here is an earlier dwelling found within the demesne. Standing on raised ground to the immediate south of the main house and evidently retai…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Sep 1
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Another Gratifying Example
Following the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Captain George Pepper was confirmed by the crown in ownership of Ballygarth Castle, County Meath, a property that had hitherto belonged to the Nette…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Aug 29
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Often Overlooked
Often overlooked by visitors, this is the spectacular entrance hall of the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. Designed by T.N. and T.M. Deane in 1885-90 and taking the form of a rotunda, it cons…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Aug 25
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A Noble and Commanding Appearance
‘The history of Mourne is associated with that of the Castle of Greencastle – one of the finest specimens of Anglo-Norman architecture military architecture in the County of Down &#8211…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Aug 22
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Somewhat Pharaonic
On high ground to the south of St Finian’s church in Kinnitty, County Offaly, this is a mausoleum erected to commemorate the Bernard family who lived nearby at Castle Bernard (now Kinnitty Castle).…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Aug 15
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A Failed Venture
The former lock-keeper’s house outside Smithborough, County Monaghan. Dating from the mid-1830s, it was constructed by the Ulster Canal Company established in the previous decade to link Loug…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Aug 11
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A Brave Initiative
The story of Dr James Barry – a military surgeon in the British army during the first half of the 19th century who, on his death in 1865, was discovered to have been a woman called Margaret A…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Aug 8
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A Good Showish Figure
To the immediate east of St Macartan’s Cathedral in Clogher, County Tyrone stands the former bishop’s palace which was likewise rebuilt in the early 18th century by the Rev Dr John Stea…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Aug 4
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In the Ancient Style
One of the lesser-known figures in early 18th century Irish cultural life is the Rev John Stearne, successively Dean of St Patrick’s, Dublin, then Bishop of Dromore and finally Bishop of Clogher. B…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Aug 1
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Simple but Effective
The Mucklagh Gate formerly providing access to the Charleville Forest estate (see: The Consequence of Extravagance « The Irish Aesthete). Although the date 1860 is inscribed on a lintel, it is poss…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Jul 28
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Guarding the Pass of the Shannon
‘In 1140 the ancient town of Athlone was just as important a military post as it is today. The ancient Castle, still guarded jealously and fortified in modern fashion; the frowning batteries with g…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Jul 25
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Death is the Door of Life
The Malone Mausoleum in the graveyard of Kilbixy, County Westmeath was erected in the late 18th century, its design attributed to James Wyatt who is thought also to have been responsible for the ad…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Jul 21
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A Feast of Colour and Light
The first member of his family to settle in Ireland, Anthony Atkinson appears to have arrived here in the late 16th/early 17th century, serving as a soldier who rose to the rank of Lieutenant. In d…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Jul 18
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How Dreadful is this Place
Like Drimnagh Castle, seen here on Monday, the nearby St Mary’s church would once have stood amidst woodland and fields several miles outside the city of Dublin, whereas today it is surrounded by s…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Jul 14
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Showing What Can be Done
Forty years ago, in 1985, the artist and architectural historian Peter Pearson got in touch with the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a religious order which had come to own Drimnagh Castle, onc…
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The Irish Aesthete @theirishaesthete.bsky.social · Jul 7
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A Somewhat Institutional Air
By the late mediaeval period, the lands now occupied by the Castlewellan estate in County Down had come into the possession of the Magennis family. In 1542 Donal Óg Magennis travelled to London whe…
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