Sir John King was an Anglo-Irish administrator, politician and landowner. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He was one of the most valued Irish Cro
Boyle Abbey, which John King leased from the Crown
Baggotrath Castle, or Baggotsrath Castle, was a castle situated at present-day Baggot Street in Dublin city centre. It was built in the late thirteenth century by the Bagod family, for whom it was nam
The ruins of Baggotsrath Castle in a 1791 sketch by Francis Grose
The approximate position of Baggotrath castle today on the right of this photo at number 38-46 Upper Baggot Street