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The Land Acts (officially Land Law (Ireland) Acts) [ 1] were a series of measures to deal with the question of tenancy contracts and peasant proprietorship of land in Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Five such acts were introduced by the government of the United Kingdom between 1870 and 1909.
Loftus Hall. / 52.1487; -6.9106. Loftus Hall is a large country house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. Built on the site of the original Redmond Hall, it is said to have been haunted by the devil and the ghost of a woman. Loftus Hall has a long history of ownership, through private residence, landlords, two different orders of ...
Facing competition from local authority housing, the DADC started to sell off its houses from 1961 and concentrated on investing in commercial property. The last of the houses were sold in 1979, and the company was renamed DAD Properties LTD. It was taken over by Rohan Holdings in 1984. [1]
Aug. 23—With new real estate industry rules set in place this month, the process of buying or selling a home may look a little different for everyone involved. The biggest change many New ...
thatched house built on site 17th century replaced by house built and landscaped gardens before 1833, extant, without public access Portglenone Abbey Church * Cistercian monks, O.C.S.O. founded 1948 from Baltinglass Abbey, Co Waterford; extant Abbey of Our Lady of Bethlehem, Portglenone; Portmore Monastery Ballinderry
An upper floor was often used as a court house or ballroom while the cellar or basement was often used as a local gaol. Ornamentation consisted of a cupola , a clock or sometimes a dome or tower. Today most of the market houses in Ireland have been put to use as cultural venues, business premises, town halls or have been left derelict pending ...
Location of County Carlow This is a list of the historic "Big Houses" of County Carlow, Ireland. The term is a direct translation from Irish and refers to the country houses, mansions or estate houses of the historical landed class in Ireland. This page lists 87 of the most prominent historic big houses in Carlow, which have adequate records associated with them. While many of these houses are ...
Carton House. Castle Gurteen de la Poer. Castle Saunderson. Castletown Cox. Chapelizod House. Chichester House. Clonalis House. Cloughjordan House. Coppinger's Court.