Mount Henry, Portarlington, Co Laois  – now a convent 

Mount Henry, Portarlington, Co Laois  – now a convent 

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. 214. “(Smyth/LGI1912) A late-Georgian house by Sir Richard Morrison, rather like a smaller version of Lyons, Co Kildare. Two storey; entrance front with pedimented single-storey Ionic portico between two shallow curved bows, which have only a single window in each storey. Four bay side elevations. Pedimentes and entablatures over windows. Hall lined wiht Ionic columns of scagliola; upper landing with circular well gallery and pairs of Doric columns under relieving arches. Now a Presentation convent.” 

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Mount Saint Anne, Mount Henry Crossroads, Killenard, County Laois, courtesy National Inventory.

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement neo-Classical country house, c.1820, with pedimented Ionic portico and bowed end bays. Design attributed to Richard Morrison (1767-1849).

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