I have been going through my previous posts and adding portraits when I can find them for the various home owners. This means I have to split my previous portrait entries as they are too long!
A new year means a new Section 482 list, but unfortunately the list is not usually published until late February. However, some of the properties that were open last January may be open this month, as properties often list similar dates year after year, so you may want to try a visit! I hope we will get to visit somewhere later in the month, maybe Moyglare Glebe, Moyglare, Maynooth, Co. Kildare or Templemills House, Newtown Road, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, W23 YK26, or Meander, Westminister Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18, D18 E2T9 if it is still on the list, or Ballaghmore Castle, Borris in Ossory, Co. Laois, www.castleballaghmore.com
2025 Diary of Irish Historic Houses (section 482 properties)
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Captain John MacBride (c.1735-1800), later an Admiral Date, 1792 engraver: James Fittler, English, 1758-1835 After James Northcote, English, 1746-1831 , courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. Donough MacCarthy (1594-1665), 2nd Viscount Muskerry, 1st Earl of Clancarty. Called Frances Hales, Countess of Fingall, possibly Margaret MacCarty later Countess of Fingall, wife of Luke Plunkett (1639-1685) 3rd Earl of Fingall, by Simon Pietersz Verelst courtesy of National Trust Hatchlands. Margaret was daughter of Donough MacCarty (or MacCarthy) 1st Earl of Clancarty; 2nd Viscount Muskerry. Frances Hales married Peter Plunkett (1678-1717) 4th Earl of Fingall. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), Former Chief Secretary for Ireland and Ambassador to Russia and China , courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. George Macartney (1737-1806) 1st Earl, by Joshua Reynolds, courtesy of National Trust Petworth House .George Macartney (1737-1806) 1st Earl and George Leonard Staunton 1st Bt by Lemuel Francis Abbott, circa 1785 courtesy of National Portrait Gallery London , NPG 329. George, 1st Earl Macartney wearing the Order of the Bath by Thomas Hickey courtesy Christie’s China Trade Paintings selections from the Kelton Collection. George Macartney, 1st Viscount and later 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), Former Chief Secretary for Ireland and Ambassador to Russia and China. Randal Og MacDonnell (1610-1682), 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Antrim. Anne Katherine MacDonnell, 2nd Countess of Antrim (1778-1834) by Anne Mee, watercolour painting on ivory. She was the daughter of Randal William MacDonnell 1st Marquess of Antrim and wife of Henry Vane-Tempest 2nd Baronet Vane, of Long Newton, co. Durham and later, Edmund Phelps who assumed the name of MacDonnell. She lived at Glenarm, County Antrim. “Miss Anne Plunkett, niece of the first Lord Aldborough, Countess of Antrim,” 18th Century Irish School , courtesy of Fonsie Mealy Fortgranite. She was the daughter of Charles Patrick Plunkett of Dillonstown, County Louth and Elizabeth Stratford. She married Alexander MacDonnell the 5th Earl of Antrim. Reverend Samuel Madden (1686-1765), attributed to Thomas Hickey, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. Reverend Samuel Madden (1686-1765) , photograph courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. Samuel Madden (1686-1765), dated 1760 by Philip Hussey, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. I think the portrait is of Thomas Mahon (1701-1782), who employed Richard Castle to built a house at Strokestown. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com I think this is Jane Crosbie (c. 1713-1753), who married Thomas Mahon (1701-1782) of Strokestown, County Roscommon. She’s the daughter of Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com Katherine Manners (1603-1649), wife of Randal Og MacDonnell, widow of the Duke of Buckingham. Richard Mansergh St George (c.1750-1798) 1791, Hugh Douglas Hamilton courtesy of military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_St_George_Mansergh-St_George.Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon née Marjoribanks (1857-1939), Countess of Aberdeen, later Marchioness, 1897 by Alphonse Jongers. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com Casimir Markievicz attributed to John Butler Yeats, courtesy of Adam’s auction 12 June 2016. Charles Brinsley Marlay of Belvedere House County Westmeath, courtesy of The Fitzwilliam Museum. Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713), Provost of Trinity ca. 1690, then Archbishop of Dublin . Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com Violet Martin (1862-1915), one of the two writers published as “Somerville and Ross.” She called herself after the name of her house, Ross House in County Galway. John Massy Beresford, by STEPHEN CATTERSON SMITH RHA (1806-1872) courtesy of Adams Country House Collections auction Oct 2023, probably Rev. John Maunsell Massy who added Beresford to surname in 1871, married Emily Sarah Beresford. The Countess of Farnham, probably Sarah née Cosby (1730-1775), wife of Robert Maxwell (d. 1779) 1st and last Earl of Farnham (of the first creation), 2nd Baron, painted by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, courtesy of Sothebys 2001. She was the daughter of Pole Cosby (1703-1766) of Stradbally Hall, County Laois, and she was previously married to Arthur Upton (d. 1763) of Castle Upton . Robert Maxwell was the son of John Maxwell 1st Baron Farnham. Henrietta Diana (1728-1761) née Cantillon, Dowager Countess of Stafford, by Allan Ramsay, Glasgow Museums; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/henrietta-diana-17281761-dowager-countess-of-stafford-85788 . She married, first, William Matthias Stafford-Howard, 3rd Earl of Stafford, and after his death, Robert Maxwell, 2nd Baron and 1st Earl of Farnham. Henry Maxwell (d. 1798) Bishop of Meath Irish school courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward . He was the son of John Maxwell 1st Baron Farnham. He married Margaret Foster (1737-1778), daughter of Anthony Foster, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. She gave birth to the 5th and 6th Barons Farnham. Portrait of Barry Maxwell (1723-1800) 1st Earl Farnham by George Romney courtesy of www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4507942 He was the son of John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham and Judith Barry. When his mother died in 1771 he must have inherited as he changed his name to Barry Barry. Then when his elder brother Robert Maxwell, 1st and last Earl of Farnham, died in 1779, he inherited and his name was changed back to Barry Maxwell, and he succeeded as the 3rd Baron Farnham, of Farnham, Co. Cavan. He was created 1st Earl of Farnham, Co. Cavan [Ireland] on 22 June 1785. Sarah Maxwell (1801-1870), daughter of Reverend Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham of County Cavan, who married Alexander Saunderson of Castle Saunderson. Harriet Margaret Maxwell (1805-1880) Viscountess Bangor, wife of Edward Southwell Ward (1790-1837) 3rd Viscount Bangor, daughter of Reverend Henry Maxwell, 6th Baron Farnham, of Farnham Estate, County Cavan. Painting by Edwin Long, courtesy of National Trust, Castle Ward. Reverend Thomas McCalmont, 2nd Son of Hugh McCalmont, of Abbey Lands, Belfast. Born 1809, Died 1872, courtesy Sheppard’s Nov 7 2023 .Inscription verso reads, ‘Harriette / Née McClintock – wife of Richard Longfield of Longueville Co. Cork.’ courtesy of Whyte’s May 2016 . Harriet Elizabeth (c. 1814-1834) was the daughter of John McClintock (1770-1855) of County Louth and Elizabeth Trench (1784-1877), and she married Richard Longfield (1802-1889) of Longueville, County Cork. Joshua McGeough (1747-1817) of Drumsill and The Argory, County Armagh. Painting by Joseph Wilson, courtesy of National Trust Images. Walter McGeough Bond (1790-1866) of The Argory, County Armagh, courtesy of the National Trust, The Argory. Portrait by Francis Grant. Melosina Adelaide Brabazon née Meade (1780-1866), wife of 10th Earl of Meath. Theodosia Hawkins-Magill (1743-1817) Countess of Clanwilliam with her son Richard (1766-1805) later 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam attributed to Strickland Lowry courtesy of National Trust Castle Ward. She married John Meade 1st Earl of Clanwilliam, County Tipperary. Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth, M.P. (1656-1725), Envoy in Denmark Date 1721 engraver Peter Pelham, English, c.1697-1751 After Thomas Gibson, English, c.1680-1751 , courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. Richard Molesworth (1680-1758) 3rd Viscount Molesworth of Swords, 14 Henrietta Street’s first occupant. 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin, 10th September 2023. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com Mary Jenny Ussher (1682-1763), who married Richard Molesworth 3rd Viscount of Swords, Dublin. 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin, 10th September 2023. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com Mary Molesworth, Lady Belvedere. She married Robert Rochfort 1st Earl of Belvedere and was daughter of Richard Molesworth (1680-1758) 3rd Viscount Molesworth .William Molyneux (1656-1698) by Unknown, circa 1696 National Portrait Gallery 5386. William Molyneux (1658-1698), portrait in Trinity College Dublin exam hall. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com William Molyneux, 4th Viscount Molyneaux of Maryborough portrait (c. 1700) by Garret Morphy at National Gallery of Ireland. Lady Neill O’Neill, Frances née Molyneux daughter of 3rd Viscount who married Neil O’Neill of Killelagh in 1677, by Garrett Morphy. John Monck Mason, M.P., (1726-1809), Commissioner of Revenue for Ireland and Shakespearean Critic , courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. Barbara Montgomery (?1757-1788), second wife of John Beresford (1738-1805) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland P5547. His first wife was Anne Constantia Ligondes. Montgomery sisters, Barbara, Elizabeth and Anne, as Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen, 1773 by Joshua Reynolds courtesy of Tate Gallery, London. Elizabeth married Luke Gardiner 1st Viscount Mountjoy. Hugh Montgomery (1779-1838) of Blessingbourne, County Tyrone, by Martin Archer Shee, courtesy of Eton College. Portrait of Stephen Moore, 1st Earl of Mountcashell (d. c. 1790) by George Engleheart courtesy of Christie’s auction. Charles Moore (1730-1821), 1st Marquess of Drogheda Date. 1865, Engraver Robert Bowyer Parkes, British, 1830 – 1891, After Joshua Reynolds, English, 1723-1792 Publisher: H. Graves & Co., London , courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. Stephen James Moore (1792-1883) 3rd Earl Mount Cashell 1792-1883, Irish School, 19th Century (after the original portrait) copied in 1861 inscribed verso Provenance Ballynatray House, courtesy Adam’s auction 6 Oct 2009. Charles William Moore 5th Earl Mount Cashell by James Butler Brenan, courtesy of Adam’s auction 6 Oct 2009. Charlotte Mary Smyth with a Landscape View of Ballynatray by James Butler Brenan courtesy of Adam’s 6 Oct 2009, provenance Ballynatray House. She married Charles William Moore 5th Earl of Mountcashell. Portrait Of Richard Charles Moore-Smyth (b.1959) of Ballynatray, Lord Kilworth as a Little Boy by James Butler Brenan RHA (1825-1889) courtesy of Adam’s 6 Oct 2009. Thomas Moore of Barne, courtesy of Adam’s auction 15th Oct 2019. The son of Richard Moore and Henrietta Taylour, the sitter married Charlotte Spencer of Co. Down in 1777 but died in 1780 without issue. Thomas Moore (1779-1846) by E.F. Lambert, courtesy of Fonsie Mealy auction. Richard More O’Ferrall, Governor of Malta 1847-1851, courtesy of Giuseppe Calì, National Archives of Malta, Photographic Collection, Creator Government of Malta, The Palace, Valletta William Morris by John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) courtesy Adam’s auction Anne Murray (1734-1827) who married Theophilus Jones (1725-1811) . Her father was Colonel John Murray, MP, from Glenalla House, near Rathmullan in Donegal. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com Harriet Murray (1742-1822), daughter of Colonel John Murray, MP, from Glenalla House, near Rathmullan in Donegal. She married Henry Westenra (1742-1809) and Hester Westenra. The Hester identified could be Harriet’s daughter, 1775-1858 who married Edward Wingfield (1772-1859) . Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com Frances Fortescue née Murray (1724-1820) Countess of Clermont. Portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1864, National Portrait Gallery of London, D1470 . She was the daughter of Colonel John Murray MP and she married William Henry Fortescue 1st Earl of Clermont, Sheriff of County Louth .Dowager Lady Cunninghame, prob Elizabeth Murray who inherited vast estates of Alexander Cairnes. Adams auctioh house tells us she should be called Lady Rossmore, and that she married Bernard Cunninghame of Mount Kennedy, but I think she she married Robert Cuninghame, 1st Baron Rossmore. Courtesy Adam’s 5 Oct 2010, Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739-1808). She was also a daughter of Colonel John Murray MP and his wife Mary Cairns. Richard John Musgrave (1850-1930) 5th Baronet of Tourin, County Waterford, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland. Jane Tottenham-Loftus (née Myhill), 1740-1807, Marchioness of Ely. She was the daughter of Robert Myhill of Killarney, Co Kilkenny and she married Charles Tottenham Loftus 1st Marquess of Ely. Photograph © Jennifer Winder-Baggot, www.irishhistorichouses.com
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