sirhughdeniscrofton

Castle Gate, Mohill, Co. Leitrim

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 19 older comments, and then…
• Niall McAuley said:

  The turret is still visible in Streetview. OSI map link.

• Sharon Corbet said:

  OSI Map

• Niall McAuley said:

  Now in Technicolor!

• Sharon Corbet said:

  "The tower was covered with a thick mantle of ivy, which lvas doing harm, and was removed in 1900, when the portion above the lower window was restored. " From Crofton Memoirs, 1911, which helps verify the post-1900 date.

• Carol Maddock said:

  Death of Sir Hugh Crofton, Bart. On Tuesday morning Sir Hugh Denis Crofton, Bart., J.P., died at The Castle, Mohill, from pneumonia, following an attack of typhoid fever. The deceased baronet was only in his 24th year, and was unmarried. He was a graduate and B.A. of Cambridge University. He was recently appointed to the Commission of the Peace for County Leitrim, where he owned a large property. As a landlord, Sir Hugh Crofton was very popular, and much regret is expressed by all classes in the district at his early demise. He is succeeded in the title by his brother, Sir George Morgan Crofton, of the Irish Guards. (Irish Times, 8 February 1902) Was this chap part of the Crofton family who were related to our photographer Dillons of the Clonbrock Estate?