Old Connaught House
{{Short description|Georgian house in Rathmichael, Dublin, Ireland}}
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| image = Old Connaught House, Seat of the Cunningham Plunket Barony for seven generations.jpg
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| image_caption = Old Connaught House in 2013
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| building_type = House
| architectural_style = Georgian
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| location_town = Rathmichael, County Dublin
| location_country = Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|53.212|N|6.134|W|display=inline,title}}
| altitude = {{Convert|50|m|abbr=on}}
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| est_completion = 1784
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| material = granite
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| developer = William Gore
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Old Connaught House{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1375764 | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Oldconnaught House / Teach Sheanchonach | accessdate = 7 November 2024 }} is an 18th-century house located in Rathmichael, Dublin, Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/cgi-bin/viewsite.cgi?siteid=2569|title=Style: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|publisher=buildingsofireland.ie|accessdate=24 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.festinalente.ie/index.php/history-of-old-connaught-house-gardens/|title=History of Old Connaught House & Gardens and Festina Lente -|publisher=Festina Lente Foundation|archivedate=15 July 2017 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170715151315/http://www.festinalente.ie/index.php/history-of-old-connaught-house-gardens/}}
Though originally built for bishop William Gore, shortly after his death in 1784 it was leased by William Plunket (later Baron Plunket).{{cite web|url = http://www.oldconnaughthouse.ie/History.php | publisher = Oldconnaughthouse.ie | title = History | accessdate = 9 March 2019}} The house was occupied by the Plunket family for several generations.
The house was sold to the Congregation of Christian Brothers in 1946 and was in use from 1946-72 as a novitiate school before being sold on again.{{cite web |title=Old Connaught |url=https://theirishaesthete.com/tag/old-connaught/ |website=The Irish Aesthete |access-date=8 November 2024 |date=5 July 2021}}
The house remained unoccupied for several years before being leased to a non-profit equestrian organisation.
It was sold in 2000, renovated, and is now a development of 24 apartments in the main house with a further 26 apartments in a separate building within the grounds.{{cite web |title=Apartment 13, Old Connaught House, Old Connaught, Rathmichael, Co. Dublin, A98CK26 is for sale on Daft.ie |url=https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/apartment-apartment-13-old-connaught-house-old-connaught-rathmichael-co-dublin/5680168 |website=Daft.ie |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}
The townland of Old Connaught was identified by Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council as an 'Historic Landscape Character Area' (HLCA) in their Draft County Development Plan 2022-2028.{{cite web|url = https://dlrcoco.citizenspace.com/planning/draftcdp2022-2028/supporting_documents/Complete%20Draft%20Written%20Statement%20%20Citizen%20Space.pdf | publisher = Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council | website = dlrcoco.citizenspace.com | title = Draft County Development Plan 2022-2028: Written Statement | accessdate = 7 November 2024 }}
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Category:Country houses in Ireland
Category:Georgian architecture in County Dublin
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