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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....

King House, built by Sir Henry King about 1730 is a house of unique architectural and historical importance.

Situated on the Boyle River, within the town of Boyle, it occupies land formerly controlled by the MacDermot Clan and is the most important provincial town house in Ireland.

Home to the Connaught Rangers regiment from 1788 and the Irish Army since then, recent extensive restoration has brought King House back to its former glory.

With the aid of exciting special...

To the north of the Abbey Theatre is Marlborough Street. Tyrone House, built by Richard Cassels in 1742, is now occupied by the Department of Education, and contains fine stuccowork by the Lafrancini brothers....

No. 1 Trevor Hill, a five bay granite house, is the oldest (1775) in a row of handsome late Georgian houses built for the gentry and their clerby. They include a nine mansion occupied by the Bank of Ireland for the past century, designed in about 1826, possibly by Francis Johnston....

Dating from the 17th century, this is the only example of an Irish longhouse still lived in by a family. The house is steeped in history and features works of art and curios. In the yard there is horse drawn farm machinery and a pets corner. The primeval Garranon Oak Wood, which provided the timbers for Westminster Hall in London, also forms part of the estate.

In the closed season only group bookings are taken.
Disabled facilities: Guide dogs permitted. Assistance may b...

No 8 Ely Place is one of the city's finest Georgian mansions, with a magnificent staircase and Adam decoration. The site of Oliver Gogarty's house at No 25 is now occupied by the Royal Hibernian Academy's, now Gallagher Gallery. The RHA has exhibited or given membership to almost every Irish artist of distinction since it was founded a century and a half ago....

Bowen's Court was the home to the Irish novilist Elizabeth Bowen who came from a family of a large generation. She worte such novels as "The Litttle Girls", "The House in Paris" and many  many more. She was born in 1899 and passed away in 1973....

The Glebe House and Gallery is a Regency house set in woodland gardens beside Lake Gartan. The Glebe is decorated with William Morris wallpapers and textiles and has Islamic and Japanese art. The Derek Hill permanent collection includes 300 works by leading 20th century artists, including Picasso and Kokosha, as well as Irish and Italian artists. Exhibitions are shown in the adjoining gallery.

Access to the house is by guided tour only. There is access to the ground floor of the Gall...

Off Fitzwilliam Street is Fitzwilliam Square, the smallest, latest and best preserved of Dublin's Georgian squares. The earliest houses date as far back as 1714 but the square was not completed until 1830. Within their unity of style the houses display a constant variety of detail notably in their doorways and fanlights and also in the ornamental ironwork such as doorknockers, boot-scrapers and balconies. The artist Jack Butler Yeats lived at No 18....