About 1610, the building of the new family mansion at Dunleckney in
Bagenalstown, formerly Muine Bheag, began. The Smith photos reveal
three stages of building and reference is made to traces of an even
earlier stage. The final stage was built in 1835, but restorations and
improvements have continued to the present.
When the Smiths found the estate, a tour was most hospitably given
by a Mr. Richard Sheehan who was doing some gardening there. Then
in January of 1995, a year or more later Mr. Sheehan sent along the
Fieldcrest Manuscript, available at http://members.xoom.com/ray970/fieldcr.html (or click at bottom of this page) and the
beautiful copy of the watercolor of the doorway, with his note telling
who had painted it.
Dunleckney has now apparently become available as a country inn
and the information is that it has been modernized completely. It is
about 3/4 of a mile north of Ballymoon on a side road and is 2.5 Km
from Bagenalstown. See the bed and breakfast section on the Go
Ireland tourist guide web site at
http://www.goireland.com/low/VisitorsGuide/Accom.htm
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