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  • 1 Adare Manor

    Architecture, castles and historic districts

    N21 IRL - Adare

    This small neo-Gothic manor house, now converted into a hotel, was built in 1832 for the Earl of Dunraven,who hired, amongst others, James Pain and Augustus Welby Pugin as architects. Inside, the staircase panelling and long gallery (40 m) are partic..

  • 2 Church of the Most Holy Trinity (Roman Catholic)

    Religious buildings

    Main Street IRL - Adare

    The square tower and the south wall of the present church once formed part of the only monastery in Ireland to be founded by the order of the Trinity and which was built around 1230 by Maurice Fitzgerald, 2nd baron of Offaly. In 1539, at the time of ..

  • 3 Parish church (Anglican)

    Religious buildings

    Main Street IRL - Adare

    The church is made up of a nave and part of the choir of an Augustinian priory, founded in 1315. The cloister (on the north side) was converted into a mausoleum for the Quin family, Earls of Dunraven.

  • 4 Desmond Castle

    Architecture, castles and historic districts

    Limarick Road IRL - Adare

    This early 14C moated castle had already lost much of its strategic importance by the time it was almost entirely destroyed by Cromwell's army. An impressive square tower stands in the inner courtyard. The great hall took would have been on the upper..

  • 5 Franciscan friary

    Religious buildings

    Limarick Road IRL - Adare

    On the edge of the Maigue stand the ruins of the Franciscan friary founded by the Earl of Kildare in 1464 and extended during the 15C and 16C. The nave, the choir, the south transept and the cloister are well preserved. Kilmallock Gate was once the m..

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