Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . KvelanB. Castletotott, Moure; THE SEAT OF EDWARD CONOLLY, ESQ. Of the various mansions that beautify the environs of Dublin, Castle-town may be regarded as the most elegant. It is situated at Colbridge,in the neighbourhood of Carton, a seat belonging to the Duke of proximity to the far famed race-course, the Curragh of Kildare, andthe diversified scenery of the drives in the vicinity of the river Liffey,which runs through it, render Castletown a most commodious and agree-able country residence
Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . KvelanB. Castletotott, Moure; THE SEAT OF EDWARD CONOLLY, ESQ. Of the various mansions that beautify the environs of Dublin, Castle-town may be regarded as the most elegant. It is situated at Colbridge,in the neighbourhood of Carton, a seat belonging to the Duke of proximity to the far famed race-course, the Curragh of Kildare, andthe diversified scenery of the drives in the vicinity of the river Liffey,which runs through it, render Castletown a most commodious and agree-able country residence. The house has a frontage of 380 feet by 84 feet in depth, thewhole being of stone, and consists of a centre and two wings, withintervening colonnades of the Ionic order. The building bears threerows of windows, having thirteen in each row, and the basement of thisfront is ornamented with a grand flight of steps. All these features arecomprized in the accompanying view. An extensive Park considerablyenhances the beauty of the demesne. In a volume of Excursions in Ireland, printed ab
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