![]() gardens, and the other is what was once the worlds largest telescope. Co. Offaly |
![]() the Troubles. A great moat once surrounded the once grand seat of the Alcock family, who had lived on the land since 1695. Colonel Harry Alcock added the towers in the 19th century. Wilton also has the supernatural stories along with it. One being that a ghostly carriage is seen in the castle driveway on the anniversary of the death of Harry Alcock. The castle in the process of being renovated. Co. Wexford. |
![]() family were granted the lands belong to the O'Sullivans in west Cork. The Puxleys began to build a grand mansion close to the older castle of the O'Sullivan Beare, and they were cursed by the O'Sullivan family. The Prophesies would be that cows would wander through their halls. That would come true. This is an infrared shot of the interior. |
![]() smugglers who frequented the wild coastline. In 1866 a Puxley descendant began to make additions to the estate. When his wife died in childbirth in 1872, he left the great house unfinished, used only as a summer retreat. The great mansion was torched by the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles in 1921. Co. Cork. |

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