DiCamillo Companion
Ireland

Kilmurry House

  • Built / Designed For: Bushe family

    House & Family History: The important Irish watercolor artist Mildred Anne Butler spent here entire life here, using the house's grounds as the setting for many of her paintings. Seven of her watercolors are today in the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland and a miniature watercolor of a pair of rooks hangs in the library of Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle. In 2022 the house, together with 90 acres, was listed for sale €7.5 million.

  • Title: Guide to Irish Country Houses, A
    Author: Bence-Jones, Mark
    Year Published: 1988
    Reference: pg. 175
    Publisher: London: Constable and Company
    ISBN: 0094699909
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Unknown

    Park Listed: Unknown

  • Past Seat / Home of: The Rev. Thomas Bushe, 18th century; Charles Kendal Bushe, 19th century; Bushe family here from 1690 until 1843. Major Henry Butler, 19th century; Mildred Anne Butler, until 1941. Mrs. Archer Houblon, 20th century. James Hennessy, early 21st century.

    Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

  • House Open to Public: No

    Historic Houses Member: No