homes historical longford

This beautiful Country House was built in 1820s by the Blackhall family. Recognising the natural beauty and first class environment of this area, the famous Dublin family was reputed to have built the house to improve their sons ailing health. The Estate, while changing ownership, stayed intact till around 1960, when it was divided into smaller estates by the Irish Land Commission. Today, Coolamber Manor is a National Training and Development Centre. It stands in 0its original splendour, to t...

A focal point of the northern midlands where the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connaught all converge, Longford, where history and literature, tragedy and triumph are all woven together, takes its name from the ancient stronghold of the O'Farrell family (Long Fort - Fort of the O'Farrells). Bordered to the West by the majestic River Shannon, Longford is a county of rolling plains and picturesque stretches of water. The highest pint of the county, Cairn Hill, is only 279 m high, but from a...

It was known as the Porter House, there were coach houses either side of the arch, Maria Edgeworth taught school in the upstairs room. As you move on you will see St. Marys catholic church which was built on a site donated by the Edgeworth Family The gate lodge located at the entrance to Edgeworthstown House has been preserved in its near original state and is a listed building. From here the avenue leads to the main house which was built by Richard Lovell Edgeworth in the 1720's, it was occu...

A Georgian Mansion about 200 years old is of historic and architectural interest. Designed by Francis Johnston, it was the home of the Dease Family until 1926. Edmund Fitzlaurance Dease, 1856-1934, author of "History of the Westmeath Hunt", and father of Maurice James Dease, C.C. - the first V.C. of World War 1 - was of this house. Dr. Thomas Dease, Bishop of Meath, 1621 -1652 was born here in 1569. The present owners are John and Brigid Donohoe and the house is open to the public....

This romantic Tudor Gothic house designed by Daniel Robertson looks like the perfect setting for an early 19th century novel. And indeed there is a literary connection, apart from its geographical location in Maria Edgeworth and Oliver Goldsmith's Country. An earlier house belonging to the banking Newcomen family was rebuilt by Daniel Robertson for Thomas Lefroy, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in 1837. Handsome young Thomas Lefroy had become an inamorato of Jane Austen when he was studying in...

A focal point of the northern midlands where the provinces of Leinster, Ulster and Connaught all converge, Longford, where history and literature, tragedy and triumph are all woven together, takes its name from the ancient stronghold of the O'Farrell family (Long Fort - Fort of the O'Farrells). Bordered to the West by the majestic River Shannon, Longford is a county of rolling plains and picturesque stretches of water. The highest point of the county, Cairn Hill, is only 279 m high, but from...