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Owned by Sir Thomas Esmonde and burned in March 1923, apparently. https://wexfordcivilwararchaeology.com/2018/02/17/the-destruction-of-ballynastragh-house-gorey-march-1923/

The lady of the house and a gardener (?) looking fairly 1910-ish in a neighbouring photo - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000319609

Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via Irish Archives Resource with useful information ...

Sir Thomas Edmonde at thepeerage dot com. There is a "new" house on the site dated 1937 at the NIAH which says it has a connection with the Esmondes up to Sir John Henry Grattan Esmonde (1928-87), sixteenth Baronet. thepeerage says Sir Osmond Thomas Grattan Esmonde, 12th Bt, was a TD for Wexford from 1923-36. And Sir John Lymbrick Esmonde, 14th Bt, was a TD from 1937-43 and 48-51. Sir John Henry Grattan Esmonde, 16th Bt, was a TD from 73-77. The current Bt, Sir Thomas Francis Grattan Esmonde, 17th Bt is a doctor and surgeon, not a TD.

Nigel Leyland here they all are in the 1901 Census

Now a retreat centre called An Cuan.

www.ywamancuan.org/

A glimpse of Glenmore glamping ...
Perhaps they invented it ?!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamping

Mike Grimes Mike, did they take over from the hotel or was there another life in-between?

On 3rd September 1907 and the four following days, the "complete, elegant and costly appointments of the Glenmore Hotel, Rostrevor" were put up for auction (Newry Reporter - Tuesday 27 August 1907). The owner selling was Mrs O'Leary, and the new owner was a Mr Collen or Collins (the Newry Reporter couldn't make up its mind)

I wonder if the photo was commissioned as part of the sales literature provided to potential buyers?
[On reflection, probably not, as the auctioneers R. M. Gray were a Belfast company. Would they commission a Dublin photographer?]

Edit: But ... the catalogue for the sale had "a capital view of the picturesque mansion on the cover". There were 1200 lots.

John Spooner I'd say this was just a normal workaday shot for Robert French, roaming photographer. Though people often bought Lawrence prints for their own use/enjoyment...