Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LIMERICK, THE ISLAND (CASTLECONNELL)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. LIMERICK, THE ISLAND (CASTLECONNELL)
Date: 1815
Nature: 'The present mansion, Doric in style, the seat of Sir Richard de Burgho, Bt., was erected in 1815 by Sir John Allen de Burgho' (Burke). Joned to mainland by battlement causeway. Descr. by Bence-Jones as single storey house with portico.
Refs: J.B. Burke, A Visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (2nd ser., 1855), II, 19; Mark Bence-Jones, Burke’s Guide to Country Houses. Volume I, Ireland. (London, 1978), 159