Castle Daly

Described by the NIAH as 'An elegant country house, of two distinct periods of construction, which retains much of its early form and character. This building is of good proportions and retains many salient features including a natural slate roof, hoodmouldings and a very fine Italianate porch, which is of high artistic merit. The bracketed eaves cornice, which runs around the building, effectively ties the late nineteenth-century extension with the original late eighteenth-century block. The fine original doorcase is composed to resemble a Venetian opening and mirrors the form and scale of the Venetian window over. This substantial residence was originally built Thomas Daly, High Sheriff of Westmeath, in the late eighteenth-century and replaced an early house/fortified house on site dating from the 1600s'.

Built in the 18th century, Castle Daly, Kilcleagh is remembered for its architectural elegance and the preservation of its early structural character, reflecting the development of country house design in Ireland during that period.