Partry House Explained

Partry House is a Georgian country house near Lough Carra in County Mayo and the historic family seat of the Lynch-Blosse baronets. It was built in the 17th century, originally as a dower house, on the ruins of the family's Cloonlagheen Castle.

History

Partry House was built by Arthur Lynch in 1667, on the remains of Cloonlagheen Castle, as a dower house for his mother, Lady Ellis, the widow of Sir Roebuck Lynch of Castle Carra.^[1] It is located in the village of Partry in County Mayo.^[2]

The house remained in the Lynch family from 1667 until 1991.^[3] It was the ancestral seat of the Lynch-Blosse baronets.^[4]

The house sits on a 250-acre estate of farmland, bogs, and woodland.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Visit Partry House with Discover Ireland .
2. Web site: Partry History, Co. Mayo in the West of Ireland | mayo-ireland.ie .
3. Web site: History of Partry House, Partry, County Mayo, Ireland .
4. Web site: Partry House | Mayo | Landed Estates | University of Galway .
5. Web site: Partry House, Partry, County Mayo, Ireland .