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Johnstown Castle was bought by the Grogan family in 1692. Owner Cornelius Grogan was hanged for his part in the 1798 Rebellion ; he had been commissary-general for the United Irishmen . [ 6 ] In 1810 the estate was restored to his brother John Knox Grogan, who, with his son, Hamilton Knox Grogan-Morgan, created Johnstown Castle as it stands ...
The house was built in 1898 by the gelatine magnate and businessman Charles Knox and his wife Rose Knox, who owned Knox Gelatine, which had a factory in Johnstown.The Classical Revival mansion, which was designed by Peabody & Beauley of Chicago, has 42 rooms, an elevator, a grand staircase, and a solid lava ash fireplace which was imported from a castle in Italy.
Johnstown Castle in Co. Wexford (home of the Grogan Morgan family) Wilton Castle in Co. Wexford (home of the Alcock family) Wells House, Wells, Gorey Co. Wexford. In addition to numerous major country house commissions, Robertson was also particularly noted as a landscape designer.
Hidden passages and secret rooms have been built in castles and houses owned by heads of state, the wealthy, criminals, and abolitionists associated with the American Underground Railroad. They have helped besieged rulers escape attackers, including Pope Alexander VI in 1494, Pope Clement VII in 1527 and Marie Antoinette in 1789.
The Irish Agricultural Museum (Irish: Musaem Talmhaíochta na hÉireann) is a museum dedicated to the history of Irish rural life. Housed in the farm and stable courtyard buildings of Johnstown Castle, County Wexford, the collections represent all elements of rural life, including transport, crafts, farming activities and dwelling.
The village is bordered by the Johnstown Castle estate, containing a large Victorian revival castle built for the Grogan-Morgan family in the early 19th century. It contains a mature woodland and three lakes, the largest covering approximately 14 acres (57,000 m 2 ).
A Medieval-inspired castle completed in 1990 is on sale for $2.3 million in Rochester, Michigan. LeBlanc Castle has 26 rooms and includes a moat and drawbridge, and hidden passageways.
Since medieval times corn merchants had conducted their trade in the opened air in Cornmarket. [1] After finding this arrangement inadequate, Wexford Corporation decided to commission a dedicated corn exchange: the site they selected, at the west end of Cornmarket, was owned by the lord of the manor, John Grogan, whose seat was at Johnstown Castle.