Carton House
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Carton House is a country house and surrounding demesne that was the ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster for over 700 years. Located 23 km west of Dublin, in Maynooth, County
Carton House, ancestral seat of the Dukes of Leinster, now used as a hotel
Carton House, entrance
Carton House in 2009, with boathouse
Carton House in 1824
Lord Edward FitzGerald
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Lord Edward FitzGerald was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary proponent of Irish independence from Britain. He abandoned his prospects as a distinguished veteran of British service in the American
Carton House
…Victoria) and decorated the famous Shell Cottage on the property with shells from around the world. One of their 23 children was the famous Irish patriot Lord Edward FitzGerald, a leader of the 1798 rebellion. Carton remained unaltered until 1815, when His Grace The 3rd Duke of Leinster (1791–1874) decided to sell Leinster…
Portrait by Hugh Douglas Hamilton, c. 1798
Pamela, later Lady Edward Fitzgerald (1773-1831), painting by George Romney, 1792.
1796 portrait of FitzGerald by Hugh Douglas Hamilton
1845 engraving of Sirr shooting FitzGerald