Carton House is one of Ireland's greatest stately homes and one time ancestral seat of the Earls of Kildare and Dukes of Leinster. Located 14 miles west of Dublin, in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, the Carton demesne runs to 1,100 acres (4.5 km²). For two hundred years it possessed the finest example in Ireland of a Georgian-created parkland landscape. In the 2000s it was redeveloped into two golf courses and hotel complex. The Duke of Leinster (referring to Leinster and, unlike the Province, pronounced Linster) is Irelands premier peer. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... The feudal concept of demesne is a form of manorial land tenure as conceived in Western Europe, initially in France but exported to England, during the Middle Ages. ... The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009. ...

Beginning of the Carton Demesne

With a history spanning more than eight centuries, Carton Demesne has seen many changes in its lifetime. The Carton Estate first came into the ownership of the FitzGerald family shortly after Maurice FitzGerald played an active role in the capture of Dublin by the Normans in 1170 and was rewarded by being appointed Lord of Maynooth, an area covering townlands which include Carton. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... December 29: Assassination of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury cathedral City of Dublin captured by the Normans According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sailed to North America and founded a colony. ...

His son became Baron Offaly in 1205 and his descendant John FitzGerald, became Earl of Kildare in 1315. Under the eighth earl the FitzGerald family reached pre-eminence as the virtual rulers of Ireland between 1477 and 1513. Earl of Kildare is an Irish peerage title. ... Events August 13 - Louis X of France marries Clemence dAnjou. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

But the eighth earl’s grandson, the eloquently titled “Silken Thomas” was executed in 1537, with his five uncles, for leading an uprising against the English. Although the FitzGeralds subsequently regained their land and titles, they did not regain their position at the English Court until the 18th Century when Robert, the 19th Earl of Kildare, became a noted stateman. Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (1513–1537), also known as Silken Thomas, was a figure in Irish History. ... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ...

House at Carton

The first record of a house at Carton was in the 17th Century when William Talbot, recorder of the city of Dublin was given a lease of the lands by the 14th Earl of Kildare and is thought to have built a house here at this time. The house and lands were forfeited to the crown in 1691 and in 1703 sold to Major General Richard Ingoldsby, Master General of the Ordnance. In 1739, the lease was sold back to the 19th Earl of Kildare who employed Richard Castles to build the existing house. This was the same year the FitzGerald family bought Frescati House. Castles was also responsible for some other great Irish Houses including Westport House, Powerscourt House and in 1745, Leinster House which he built for the FitzGeralds. Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 20 - Leislers Rebellion - New governor arrives in New York - Jacob Leisler surrenders after standoff of several hours March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the city’s surrender May 6... Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... // About the number 1739 1739 is the smallest integer that can be written as sum of three perfect cubes, in two ways. ... Irish Palladianism. ... Impression of Frescati. ... Westport House in Westport, Ireland is the stately home of the Marquess of Sligo. ... Irish Palladianism. ... Leinster House The former palace of the Duke of Leinster. ...

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Lady Emily played an important role in the development of the house and estate as it is today. She created the Chinese room (bed-room to Queen Victoria) and decorated the famous Shell Cottage on the estate with shells from all round the world. One of Emily’s 23 children was the famous Irish Patriot Lord Edward FitzGerald, leader of the 1798 rebellion. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... The Lord Edward FitzGerald (15 October 1763 - 4 June 1798) was an Irish aristocrat and revolutionary. ... (Redirected from 1798 rebellion) The Irish Rebellion of 1798 or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against the British establishment in Ireland. ...

Carton remained unaltered until 1815 when the 3rd Duke decided to sell Leinster House to the Royal Dublin Society and make Carton his principle residence. He employed Richard Morrison to enlarge and re-model the house. Morrison replaced the curved colonnades with straight connecting links to obtain additional rooms including the famous Dining room. At this time the entrance to the house was moved to the north side. April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) was founded in 1731 by members of the Dublin Philosophical Society in their Trinity College Dublin rooms as the Dublin Society. ... Richard Morrison is the name of several persons: Richard Morrison (ambassador) (16th century), Edward VIs ambassador to Charles V Richard Morrison (journalist), columnist for The Times newspaper Richard James Morrison (1795-1874), English astrologer Richard Dale Morrison, American criminal Category: ...

Carton remained in the control of the FitzGeralds until the 1920s when the 7th Duke sold his birth right to a money lender Sir Harry Mallaby Deeley in order to pay off gambling debts of £67,500.

He was third on line to succeed and so did not think he would ever inherit, but one of his brothers died in the war and another of a brain tumour and so Carton was lost to the Fitzgeralds.

In 1923 a local unit of the IRA, as part of their burning of big houses of Protestant families, went to Carton with the attention of burning it down. But they were stopped when a member of the FitzGerald family brought a large painting of Lord Edward FitzGerald to the door and pointed out that they would be burning the house of a revered Irish patriot. {{year nav|1939 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the Irish Republican Army in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and opponents of the Treaty. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

House sold in 1949

Lord Brocket, whose principal residence was Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, England, purchased the house in 1949 and in 1977 his son The Hon. David Nall-Cain, who had by then moved to the Isle of Man, sold the house to its present owners Lee and Mary Mallaghan. Charles Ronald George Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket, became famous after being jailed for car insurance fraud. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Turning house & grounds into a hotel & golf courses

Since 1977, Carton estate has been the property of the Mallaghan family. In the 1980s and 1990s the Irish government came under sustained political pressure to buy the historic house and its grounds, the best preserved set of 18th century parkland in Ireland. However the Government declined to do so. The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

House as film set

The house was used as a film location by many film makers and broadcasters. Two of the many films made there were Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon in 1975 and The Big Red One in 1980. They starred Ryan O'Neal (as an 18th century Irish adventurer, with a soundtrack by The Chieftains) and Lee Marvin respectively. Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an influential and acclaimed American film director and producer. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Patrick Ryan ONeal (born April 20, 1941) is an Oscar-nominated American actor. ... The Chieftains are an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. ... Lee Marvin (born on February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ...

Hotel and Golf Facilities

Since 2000, Carton has undergone a rebirth as a premier golf resort and hotel [1]. The house was extensively restored and preserved, with the adjoining hotel hidden into the local wooded landscape to maintain the original aspect of the main house. Carton's famed historic parkland was largely preserved with the addition of two golf courses designed by Mark O'Meara and Colin Montgomerie. Mark OMeara (born January 13, 1957 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is an American golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. ... Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born June 23, 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer often referred to by his nickname Full Monty. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993...

The Montgomerie course was recently ranked 10th in Ireland by Golf Digest magazine, the world's largest golf publication. As a mark of its success, Carton House Golf Club was the venue chosen to host the European Tour's Nissan Irish Open in 2005 and 2006.

The Golfing Union of Ireland [[2]], the longest established golf union in the world, have since located their national headquarters on the estate. This facility also comprises the the GUI National Academy, a 22 acre teaching facility for up and coming golfers as well as being a facility available to all golfers in Ireland.

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External links

• Carton House Golf Club
• Maynooth Town Co.Kildare