Bessborough House
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bessborough-house-192-12046337
title:
Bessborough House
text:
Bessborough House is a large Georgian house near Piltown, County Kilkenny, and was the family seat of the Ponsonby dynasty, Earls of Bessborough. Originally built in the 1740s for the 1st Earl of Bessborough. It was designed by Francis Bindon. The house was gutted by fire in February 1923, during the Irish Civil War. However, it was rebuilt in late 1929 for The 9th Earl of Bessborough, who served as the 14th Governor General of Canada in the early 1930s. The 9th Lord Bessborough sold the house i
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Palladian house in County Kilkenny, Ireland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessborough_House
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date modified:
2024-02-25T20:38:27Z
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