Strancally Castle
Strancally Castle is a 19th-century country house on the River Blackwater in County Waterford, Ireland, built c.1830 by James and George Richard Pain for John Keily. The Victorian house stands immediately in front of the ruined remains of an earlier Desmond castle. The estate was historically large and the house remained a landed residence into the 19th century.
Its prime
1830
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1830
What Strancally Castle looked like in its prime.
A complete early-19th-century country house (built c.1830) sited directly beside the River Blackwater, occupying the foreground of a riverside estate. The house stands immediately before the low, weathered stone ruins of the medieval Desmond castle; the ruined masonry forms a backdrop. The setting includes lawns and park trees sloping to the riverbank. At its prime the 1830 house is intact and occupied, with the medieval ruin visible directly behind it.
Its story
The story of Strancally Castle.
The original Strancally castle on the River Blackwater was built by Raymond le Gros, and its ruined remains — an old Desmond castle — still stand immediately behind the present house. The 19th-century Strancally Castle was built around 1830 by James and George Richard Pain for John Keily, close to the town of Youghal in County Waterford.
In 1856 the castle and its estate of 5,000 acres were bought by the 24-year-old George Whitelocke Lloyd, of a wealthy Anglo-Irish manufacturing family. The estate eventually came into the possession of the Irish Land Commission, which sold off the land piecemeal before selling the house with a remaining 160 acres.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1830.
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Clans who held Strancally Castle.
The families that held Strancally Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Keily
The present house was built c.1830 for John Keily; sold with its estate in 1856.
Bought with 5,000 acres by George Whitelocke Lloyd in 1856.
