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A wonderful symmetry

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 17 older comments, and then…
• Foxglove said:

  even the garden designs are mirrors of each other .... one wonders if the inhabitants became confused as to which side they were in!

• Niall McAuley said:

  Looks much the same in Google maps aerial view

• Niall McAuley said:

  Wikipedia has detailed files. Not sure who owned it at this precise date, though:
  
  Frederick Lawless, a brother of the writer, naturalist, and historian Emily Lawless, with whom she was very close, was the last heir to the estate, after their elder brother Valentine died without a male heir in 1928. But his occupancy was short-lived, as Frederick himself died on 18 July 1928, and the title was extinguished.
  
  University College, Dublin (UCD), purchased the Lyons Estate in 1963, the purchase consisting of Lyons House and approximately 1,200 acres (490 ha). In the early 1990s, the university sold the house and half of the land, approximately 620 acres. It was purchased by Ryanair businessman Tony Ryan in 1996.

• Niall McAuley said:

  UCD have more details:
  on his death the Barony and Baronetcy of Cloncurry became extinct and Lyons Estate passed to Valentine’s youngest daughter, Kathleen Emily Marie Lawless (1888-1957). Kathleen bequeathed the remaining property to a cousin, G. M. V. Winn.
  
  UCD Purchase Lyons Estate
  University College, Dublin (UCD), purchased Lyons Estate in 1962 from the Winn family, the purchase consisted of Lyons House and approximately 1,200 acres (490 ha).

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Niall McAuley Interesting! That is the second time in recent weeks that Tony Ryan's name has come up with regard to big houses!