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Castletown, near Celbridge in Co. Kildare, was the home of the Right Honourable Thomas Conolly and his wife Lady Louisa Augusta (née Lennox). As a well-connected, high-society couple, the Conollys received invitations to the most exclusive social events in Dublin and London. By the 1780s, their magnificent residence at Castletown was a centre of fashionable sociability in which music and dancing played a significant role. This book provides new insights into the social lives of those who lived and worked at Castletown, Co. Kildare. It also offers interesting perspectives on the form, function and furnishing of a country house in Georgian Ireland.
This volume of essays emanates from the highly successful Historic Houses of Ireland Conference held at NUI Maynooth each year since 2003. Edited by: Terence Dooley, Director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates at NUI Maynooth, and Christopher Ridgway, Curator of Castle Howard in Yorkshire, UK.
