Kilnahard Castle, Mountnugent, Co Cavan
Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988, Constable and Company Ltd, London.
p. 175. “(Wilson/IFR; Boyd-Rochfort/IFR) A two storey C19 castle of ca 1860, with small square turrets. Entrance arch of rough blocks of water-worn stone. Now the house of Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, formerly principal racehouse trainer of Queen Eliz II.”
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Detached multiple-bay two-storey castellated country house with square-plan turrets, built c.1820. Range of outbuildings to west. Rubble stone boundary walls.
A castellated country house, that is an excellent example of architectural fashion in the nineteenth century. The related structures, including outbuildings and boundary walls add to its setting and context.
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