Power Hall (formerly Snowhill), Co Kilkenny 

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. 234. “(Power/IFR) A house overlooking Waterford Harbour from the county Kilkenny side, just above where the Suir estuary is joined by that of the Nore and the Barrow. Built ca 1765 by the Snow family; a massive three storey Georgian block. Five bay front; doorway with very large fanlight. Impressive hall with columns; splendid oval stone staircase with balustrade of brass uprights. Subsequently owned by the O’Neill Power family, who changed the name from Snowhill to Power Hall, and converted a room into a chapel designed by Pugin. Demolished ca 1955.”