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Ireland

Strokestown Park

Strokestown, Connacht

Co. Rosscommon

Ireland

Circa Date: 1680-96 w/circa 1730 & circa 1819 additions and alterations

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: Yes

Country House: Yes

This house has been used for TV and Film

  • House & Family History: On November 2, 1847 Major Denis Mahon, the owner of the Strokestown Estate, was killed by local men in retaliation for the forced removal of starving tenant farmers from the estate during the Great Famine of 1845. The incident became infamous across Ireland and Britain, though it did not stop the evictions; eventually, over 11,000 tenants were removed from the Strokestown Estate.

  • Garden & Outbuildings: At its height in the 18th century, the Strokestown Estate stood at approximately 11,000 acres. The garden today boasts the longest herbaceous border in Ireland.

  • Architect: Richard Castle (Cassels)

    Date: Circa 1730
    Designed: Wings
    (Attribution of this work is uncertain)
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  • Title: Guide to Irish Country Houses, A
    Author: Bence-Jones, Mark
    Year Published: 1988
    Reference: pg. 267
    Publisher: London: Constable and Company
    ISBN: 0094699909
    Book Type: Hardback

  • House Listed: Unknown

    Park Listed: Unknown

  • "The Big House" (2013 - TV documentary).

  • Past Seat / Home of: Captain Nicholas Mahon, 17th century; Maurice Mahon, 1st Baron Hartland, until 1819; Lieutenant-General Thomas Mahon, 2nd Baron Hartland, 1819-35; Maurice Mahon, 3rd Baron Hartland, 1835-45; Major Denis Mahon, 1845-47; Pakenham-Mahon family here from the 1680s until 1979.

    Current Ownership Type: Charity / Nonprofit

    Primary Current Ownership Use: Museum

    Ownership Details: Today National Famine Museum, Archive, and Historic Gardens & Woodlands, owned by Irish Heritage Trust.

  • House Open to Public: Yes

    Phone: 3537-833-013

    Fax: 3537-833-712

    Website: https://www.strokestownpark.ie

    Historic Houses Member: No

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