New Hall (formerly Killone), Ennis, Co Clare 

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. 224. “(MacDonnell/LGI1912; Armstrong-MacDonnell, sub Armstrong/IFR) A two storey house of pink brick built onto the end of an earlier house ca 1764 by Charles MacDonnell, MP; probably the the design of Francis Bindon. Front with two bays on either side of a central three sided bow surmounted by a balustrade and urns; curved end bows. High-pitched roof on eaved cornice. Pedimented doorcase in central bow; windows with keystones, those in the upper storey being of the original rather small proportions; those below having been enlarged at a later date. The octagonal hall, which has a Doric cornice and frieze with grinning masks, bucrania and crests in the metopes, contains the most remarkable feature of the interior: a cupboard in the form of an impressive and elegant Baroque organ case. There is fine plasterwork in the drawing room. New Hall was sold early in the present century to the Joyce family.”