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    Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, is a Palladian country house built in 1722 for William Conolly, the Speaker of the Irish House of...
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  • Limerick Castletown House, County Kildare Castletownbere, County Cork Castletown-Geoghegan, County Westmeath Castletown, County Wexford Castletown Kilpatrick...
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    granted for the first development of 400 houses within the gates of Castletown in 1969 and the first phase of Castletown Estate was opened by Minister for Industry...
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    Celbridge, Castletown House is the first grand Palladian House in Ireland – the design of the building led to the construction of Leinster House and from...
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  • Castletown Cox, or Castletown House, is a restored Palladian mansion and demesne located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Davis Ducart designed the three...
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  • John Vanbrugh. He is best known for the Irish Houses of Parliament in Dublin, and his work on Castletown House. The architectural concepts he employed on...
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  • Guinnesses bought and started to preserve Castletown House, in Celbridge, Kildare, said to be the finest Palladian house in Ireland. He was a member of Irish...
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    The Wonderful Barn is a corkscrew-shaped building on the edge of Castletown House Estate, formerly of the Conolly family, in Celbridge, County Kildare...
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  • County Kildare Castletown House, Celbridge Curraghmore, County Waterford, Kilshannig House, County Cork Newman House, Dublin Northumberland House, London (destroyed)...
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    Castletown (Manx: Balley y Chashtal, pronounced [ˈbalʲə ˈxaʃtʃəl]) is a town in the Isle of Man, geographically within the historical parish of Malew but...
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    parliament and a protégé of the Speaker of the House of Commons, William Conolly of Castletown House. During construction, Parliament moved into the...
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    Conolly was the son and heir of William James Conolly (d. 1754) of Castletown House, County Kildare, Ireland, by his wife Lady Anne Wentworth, daughter...
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  • brother George Gill Mounsey at Castletown House near Carlisle. Their father, Robert Mounsey, had bought the Castletown estate at Rockcliffe in 1802. William...
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    mansion Castletown House in County Kildare, the decoration of which she directed throughout the 1760s and 1770s. The Conolly summer residence 'Cliff House' on...
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    monument in state care. The folly was built just outside Castletown Estate (containing Castletown House), which contains two follies, both commissioned by Katherine...
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  • (demolished) Killarney House Muckross House Balyna House Ballindoolin House Barberstown Castle Carbury Castle Castletown House Leixlip Castle Lyons Demesne...
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    established in the city, was working on Castletown House, the great mansion of Speaker William Conolly, and the new Irish Houses of Parliament simultaneously. Both...
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    Conolly, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and the richest man in Ireland was just beginning to build Castletown House, near Dublin in County Kildare...
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    Castletown (Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chaisteil) is a village on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland, situated near Dunnet Bay. It...
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    Blarney Castle (redirect from Blarney House)
    the castle. The castle originally dates from before 1200, when a timber house was believed to have been built on the site, although no evidence remains...
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    sixth Baron was the owner of Castletown House and Estate in County Kildare, regarded as one of Ireland's finest country houses and now a museum open to the...
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    Palladian architecture (category House styles)
    Drumcondra House in 1725 and Summerhill House in 1731, which was completed after his death by Richard Cassels. Pearce also oversaw the building of Castletown House...
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  • later, almost, co-design Ireland's first Palladian mansion Castletown House. Castletown house was a milestone in Irish architecture, designed originally...
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  • Castle in County Tipperary also featured. Several scenes were filmed at Castletown House in Celbridge, County Kildare; outside Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary;...
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    the Earl of Albemarle. He built the first winged Palladian house in Ireland, Castletown House in Celbridge, County Kildare, starting in 1722, and specified...
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    Kildare, Ireland. She had an apartment at the great Georgian mansion of Castletown House, which was owned by her cousin Desmond Guinness.[citation needed] Ten...
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    Retrieved July 26, 2012. "The Streisand fiasco: Fear and loathing in Castletown House". Hot Press. Retrieved December 4, 2013. Pomerantz, Dorothy. "In Pictures:...
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    Midford Castle (category Houses completed in 1775)
    building. In 1810, the castle was bought by one of the Conollys of Castletown House in County Kildare, who added the porch (said to give the clubs symbol...
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    Rock of Cashel (category Historic house museums in the Republic of Ireland)
    Carton House Castle Durrow Castlemartin House and Estate Castle Roche Castletown House Charleville Castle Dangan Castle Dardistown Castle Darver Castle Duckett's...
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    Russborough House is a stately house near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. Located between the towns of Blessington and Ballymore...
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