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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.

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Whatever the great Victorian mansion at Clonalis may lack in architectural beauty, it certainly gains through its historical associations with the O'Connor Dons, descendants of the last High Kings of Ireland whose possession of these lands can be traced back over 1,500 years....

Built c. 1750 for Henry Fry, who came to Boyle at the invitation of Lord Kingston. Frybrook House is an imposing Georgian-style three storey house. Many of the rooms enjoy views of the Boyle River, which bordered part of the original 6 acre property.
The drawingroom contains some of the finest examples of Georgian decorative plaster-work in existence, and an Adams fireplace. There is an oculus in the centre of the top storey, above a venetian window. The house has no basement, which is...

Moate Park 3 km from Roscommon on the Athlone Road, is a most beautiful residence. It was the ancient seat of the Murray family after which it is called - Ballymurray; they were deprived of it at the end of the 17th century, one of whom, Lawder Crofton, dared to contest an election against the all-powerful worthies, French and Sir Robert King. A dispute between Crofton and French led to a duel fought at the rere of Roscommon Castle.

In this, French was mortally wounded and his remai...

At the end of Ireland's widest main street - laid out by the 2nd Lord Hartland as the widest street in Europe - a Georgian Gothic arch leads to Strokestown Park House, seat of the Pakenham Mahon family from 1600 to 1979.
The house was designed for Thomas Mahon in the 1730s by the German architect Richard Castle and incorporates parts of an earlier tower house. The central block is the residential part of the house. The north wing houses Ireland's last galleried kitchen (a gallery in the...