Mantua, Swords, Co Dublin – demolished 

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Mantua, Swords, Co Dublin – demolished 

Mantua, County Dublin, courtesy of Maurice Craig, Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

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. 200. “A mid-C18 house of three storeys over basement… IN 1814, the residence of Dr. Daly; in 1837, of Mrs Daly. Now demolished.” 

Not in national inventory 

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988.

p. 60. “…In 1783 the seat of Mr. Keane…”

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