Roxborough, house in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Described by Bence-Jones (1978) as an 18th-century house comprising two-storeys over a basement with a gable-ended front and a gable-ended return. The front was of five bays with a fanlighted doorway. This was the childhood home of Lady Gregory. Only the ruins of the house survive. It was burnt in 1922.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA104-264

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