Thomas Conolly (1738–1803)
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Thomas Conolly was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament.
Wentworth Castle: Horace Walpole found the south front (finished 1764) evinced "the most perfect taste in architecture".
Castletown House
Left: Wentworth House, 5, St James's Square, London
Castletown House
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Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, is a Palladian house built in 1722 for William Conolly, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. It formed the centrepiece of an 800-acre estate
Thomas Conolly (1738–1803)
…1738 – 27 April 1803 Celbridge) was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament. Conolly was the son and heir of William James Conolly (d. 1754) of Castletown House, County Kildare, Ireland, by his wife Lady Anne Wentworth, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1672–1739). In 1758 he married Lady…
Castletown House 7
Castletown House
The house in 1835, Dublin Penny Journal
Rear (northwest) facade