Mervue, Co Galway

Mark Bence-Jones. 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. 205. “(Joyce/LGI1958) A three storey five bay late C18 house, to which single-storey two bay wings were added in C19… From ca 1777 Mervue was the seat of the Joyces, who were originally merchants and bankers in Galway…. Lt-Col Pierce Joyce sold Mervue 1953 to Royal Tara Ltd, who use part of the house as offices and for their china manufactory and part as a managing director’s residence; the main block having been rebuilt and much altered after being gutted by fire 1957.” 

Not in national inventory