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Cases in Ireland

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Cases
9
Years
3000 BCE to 2009
Region
Europe
Main subjects
Great houses, Heirlooms and treasure, Land and wealth transfer, European families
Updated
30 October 2026
Constance Markievicz: Countess Constance Markiewicz-1.1.2 (cropped)2009 · Lissadell, County Sligo, IrelandTwo barristers bought Countess Markievicz's childhood home and spent seven years in court with Sligo County Council over its avenuesLissadell House was built in 1830 to 1835 for Sir Robert Gore-Booth. Constance Gore-Booth, later Countess Markievicz, and the poet Eva Gore-Booth grew up there.The Irish Times and 5 moreCounty Mayo - Moore Hall - 20181027163650: County Mayo, Moore Hall.1933 · Moore Hall, Carnacon, County Mayo, IrelandAnti-Treaty IRA men burned Moore Hall in 1923 because a Moore brother backed the Treaty, and the novelist's ashes lie on Castle Island in Lough CarraGeorge Moore made a fortune in the wine and brandy trade at Alicante and came home to Mayo in the 1790s with £200,000. He built Moore Hall from 1792 to 1795.con-telegraph.ie and 3 moreKylemore Abbey, where the story took place1910 · Kylemore, Connemara, County Galway, IrelandA duke bought Kylemore Castle with an American heiress's family money, lost it to debts, and later went to prisonMitchell Henry, a London surgeon, took over his family's Manchester cotton business after his father died in 1862. He bought about 14,000 acres at Kylemore in Connemara, much of it bog, and built Kylemore Castle from 1867.The Irish Times and 5 moreRussborough House: Russborough-House Part-of-the-facade1994 · DublinRussborough House was robbed four times from 1974 to 2002, and Sir Alfred Beit gave his stolen Vermeer to Ireland before it was foundSir Alfred Beit, 2nd Baronet, inherited a fortune and an art collection from his father, Sir Otto Beit, in 1930. In 1952 he bought Russborough House, County Wicklow, to hold the paintings.rte.ie and 10 moreDerrynaflan chalice: Derrynaflan chalice1980 · Derrynaflan, County Tipperary, IrelandA father and son found a medieval church hoard with metal detectors; the High Court gave them £5.5 million, and the Supreme Court gave the state the hoardOn 17 February 1980 Michael Webb and his son Michael used metal detectors on Derrynaflan, a monastic site in County Tipperary. Under a bronze basin they found a silver chalice, a paten and a strainer ladle.archivesearch.library.universityofgalway.ie and 2 moreBroighter Boat: The Broighter Boat. from On Broighter, Limavady, County Londonderry, and on the Find of Gold Ornaments There in 1896 Robert Cochrane The Journal of the Royal Societ1896 · Broighter, near Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern IrelaThe British Museum bought the Broighter gold boat for £600, and the Crown sued the Museum in 1903 to send it to DublinIn February 1896 two ploughmen working for the farmer Joseph Gibson turned up gold objects in a field at Broighter, near Lough Foyle.Internet Archive and 2 moreGlenveagh Castle: Glenveagh Castle - geograph.org.uk - 515171885 · Glenveagh, County Donegal, IrelandGlenveagh's builder evicted 244 people in three days, a later owner vanished in a storm, and the last owner gave the castle to IrelandJohn George Adair, a land speculator, began buying land in Donegal in 1857 and by 1859 held Glenveagh and Gartan, about 28,000 acres. In 1860 his steward, James Murray, was found murdered on a mountain on the estate.nationalparks.ie and 5 moreThe meeting of Grace O'Malley and Queen Elizabeth I: The meeting of Grace O'Malley and Queen Elizabeth I1583 · Rockfleet (Carraigahowley), County Mayo, IrelandGaelic law gave Gráinne O'Malley nothing from two husbands, so she sailed to Elizabeth I and won a pension from her sons' landsIn 1546 Gráinne O'Malley married Dónal O'Flaherty, heir to his lordship. He was killed in a fight with the Joyces around 1564. Under Gaelic law she could not inherit O'Flaherty land.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk and 2 morePassage leading from chamber of Newgrange passage tomb in Ireland: A section of the passage leading out from the chamber of Newgrange passage tomb in Ireland.3000 BCE · Newgrange (Brú na Bóinne), County Meath, IrelandThe man buried in the inner chamber of Newgrange was the son of a brother and sister or a parent and childNewgrange is a passage tomb built about 5,000 years ago, aligned so the winter-solstice sunrise lights its inner chamber.europepmc.org and 2 more