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Castle Comfort
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Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with entrance through single-storey porch to side. Hipped roof with rendered chimneystacks and pots. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with fan light and side lights. Multiple-bay two-storey stables and…

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Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1820, with entrance through single-storey porch to side. Hipped roof with rendered chimneystacks and pots. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening with fan light and side lights. Multiple-bay two-storey stables and outbuildings to rear across courtyard. Pitched slate roof. Limestone walls. Square-headed window and door openings with red brick surrounds. Round-headed and elliptical-headed vehicular openings. Square-headed dormer opening. Walled garden.
Steeped in history, Castlecomfort House entertained such esteemed guests as Daniel O'Connell, Father Theobald Matthew and William Cobbett. It is an important house architecturally which is underlined by the retention of the stables and walled garden.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21901424

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Neil Theasby, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, eu.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
  • Murroe Boher GAA official club website; individual photographer not named, www.murroebohergaa.ie
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