ladycastlemaine

Hare Island Lodge, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

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• beachcomber australia said:

  Hare Lodge has been described by Mark Bence-Jones as: "An engagingly hybrid early 19th century 'cottage' on an island in Lough Ree, giving the impression of having been concocted out of the 'leftover' from several different houses of various styles and periods: a c.18th century classical door-case with a pediment on console brackets, Georgian gothic windows, a mullioned bow-window with leaded lights and a regency veranda with slender iron columns under the eaves of the roof". From www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography... - which has an interesting history of Hare Island.

• beachcomber australia said:

  GoogleMapsSatellite - goo.gl/maps/sxR1E Co-ordinates 53.473784, -7.934715 .

• Sharon Corbet said:

  The NIAH Record shows how it looks today. A bit sad, really.

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Sharon Corbet It is indeed very sad to see a once beautiful building in such a derelict state! Who was Castlemaine? I admit to not knowing anything about that title or line!

• Sharon Corbet said:

  National Library of Ireland on The Commons The Wikipedia article on Castlemaine doesn't really give too much info. But his seat was Moydrum Castle which was also designed by Sir William Morrison who was responsible for the Lodge too.