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    Westport House in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, is a Georgian country house, historically the family seat of the Marquess of Sligo and the Brownes....
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    Westport (Irish: Cathair na Mart, meaning 'the stone fort of the beeves', historically anglicised as Cahernamart) is a town in County Mayo in Ireland....
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  • team Westport/Rideau Lakes Airport Westport, Newfoundland and Labrador Westport, County Mayo Westport House Westport railway station, Mayo Westport United...
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    Sligo – is on display in Westport House, and a bronze casting of the statue is situated on the grounds near the house. Westport House also contains a comprehensive...
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    titles of Baron Mount Eagle, of Westport in the County of Mayo (created 10 September 1760), Viscount Westport, of Westport in the County of Mayo (created...
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    1970s. Built for Browne in 1730, Westport House is a beautifully sited two-storey over basement ashlar stone house overlooking Clew Bay in County Mayo...
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    Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, along the Long Island Sound within Connecticut's Gold Coast. It is 48 miles (77 km)...
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    Viscount Westport between 1768 and 1771, was an Irish peer and politician. He began the building of Westport House and the town of Westport. Browne was...
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    Pirate Adventure Park was a small theme park located beside Westport House in Westport, Ireland. The Park is home to the first flume ride in Ireland (Pirates...
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    of Altamount (later 1st Marquess of Sligo), John Denis Browne of Westport, to house Catholic refugees who fled sectarian conflict in the north of Ireland...
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  • Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo (category Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999)
    only two terms. He returned to Ireland and help run the family estate, Westport House. During The Troubles, the estate was invaded by IRA supporters who waved...
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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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    Mountains Rockfleet Castle Sruwaddacon Bay Tourmakeady Uggool Beach Westport House Wild Nephin National Park Newspapers in County Mayo include The Mayo...
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    Allen House is a historic house at 4 Burritt's Landing North in Westport, Connecticut. Built in 1958, it is the only known example in Westport of work...
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    Irish houses, including: Castle Hume, on the shores of Lower Lough Erne in County Fermanagh; Summerhill House in County Meath; Westport House in County...
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    The Cadman–White–Handy House, also known as the Handy House, is a historic house museum in Westport, Massachusetts. The house, built in stages between...
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  • Marchioness of Sligo and the châtelain and the designer of the interiors of Westport House. Gauche's early life is not detailed. Her father, William, was a businessman...
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    Bantry House is a historic house with gardens in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. Originally built in the early 18th century, it has been owned and occupied...
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    Muckross House (Irish: Teach Mhucrois) is located on the small Muckross Peninsula between Muckross Lake and Lough Leane, two of the lakes of Killarney...
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    form of aicil, "eagle". The Marquess of Sligo, whose seat was nearby Westport House, bears the titles Baron Mount Eagle and Earl of Altamont ("high mount")...
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    Westport (Māori: Kawatiri) is a town in the West Coast region of the South Island of New Zealand. Established in 1861, it is the oldest European settlement...
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    1823. John was born in Westport House in 1824. Harriet was born in Paris in 1827. Emily Charlotte was born in Westport House in 1829. A son Henry Ulick...
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    Westport Island, formerly Westport, is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. In the 19th century the island was known as Jeremysquam, a nickname...
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    country estate which is noted for its house and landscaped gardens, today occupying 19 hectares (47 acres). The house, originally a 13th-century castle,...
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    location on Saturday and then swapping on Sunday. The locations were Westport House in Westport, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, and St. Angelo Airport at Trory...
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    Westport is a historic neighborhood and a main entertainment district in Kansas City, Missouri. In the early 1800s, West Port was settled by a group led...
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    1855 Harris-Kearney House is an historical site located in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Westport neighborhood. Originally, the house was located at the...
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  • Park House Westport House Allenstown House (demolished) Ardbraccan House Bellinter House Dangan Castle Dardistown Castle Dowth Hall Derlangan house Dunsany...
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    Lismore Castle (category Historic houses in County Waterford)
    Lismore. The castle (along with other Boyle properties – Chiswick House, Burlington House, Bolton Abbey and Londesborough Hall) was acquired by the Cavendish...
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    second year of the Great Irish Famine, Browne's tenants gathered at Westport House, the ancestral residence of the Marquesses of Sligo. Browne assured...
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